adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a congenital/pathological/compulsive liar formal (= who tells lies because it is part of their personality to do so )
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He called her a congenital liar who would say anything to stay out of trouble.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
abnormalities
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Lethal and severe defects together constitute major congenital abnormalities .
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Most of these would be as a result of late tests for congenital abnormalities .
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As many congenital abnormalities can be prevented, these developmental defects should not be considered an irreducible component of perinatal mortality.
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She manages all this, despite suffering from congenital abnormalities herself.
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Physicians must report children with congenital abnormalities .
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There is a well established role for termination of pregnancy in certain congenital abnormalities .
abnormality
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Prevalence of each congenital abnormality entity after prevention was calculated from the birth prevalence and the percentage effectiveness of prevention.
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Some preventive methods overlap but only one was considered for each congenital abnormality entity.
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Main outcome measures - Prevalence at birth and prevalence after prevention in 73 congenital abnormality types or groups.
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Anencephalus is, of course, a lethal congenital abnormality .
liar
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A day didn't pass now during which it failed to occur to her that she had borne two congenital liars .
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Safire, who ungentlemanly called Hillary a congenital liar , knows something of which he speaks.
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Of course, in that environment, being a congenital liar was small potatoes.
malformation
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It was the only health board with a well organised congenital malformation register.
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Special preconceptual care designed to reduce the incidence of congenital malformation is also examined from this point of view.
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Infants with haemolytic disease or with major congenital malformations were excluded from analysis.
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Elevated levels of homocysteine have also been associated with congenital malformations , miscarriages and low weight of babies at birth.
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We have strong reservations about the use of tranquilizing drugs for the parents of a baby with a congenital malformation .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a congenital birth defect
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a rare congenital disorder
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The city seems to have a congenital inferiority complex.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Admittedly, the back condition responsible is partly congenital , but that can not disguise the root cause, namely over-use.
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Instead, she became a congenital role model.
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Now her congenital hip problem left the number two guard spot wide open for next year.
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The congenital apathetic inefficiency bred by the regime as the best way of keeping people down had also delayed the demolition process.
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The swop did not come to light until Arlena, who suffered from a congenital heart defect, had to undergo surgery.
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There was that Fall, back there, in the Garden, and we have all been congenital sinners ever sInce.
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This contrasts with developmental dyslexia which is an impairment, possibly congenital , in learning to read in the first place.
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Whether this was congenital , stemmed from growing up around a grocery store, or nerve induced, she sometimes wondered.