How to Use birth defect in a Sentence

birth defect

noun

• But other deaths, such as those caused by disease or birth defects, rose 8%.
  — Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 5 Sep. 2024
• More than 2,000 people were poisoned by the bay’s seafood, killing some, and dozens of children suffered severe birth defects.
  — National Geographic, 24 May 2016
• The weird structure on its tail was so unlike anything documented in other snakes that it was written off as a birth defect or an abnormal growth.
  — National Geographic, 11 Apr. 2016
• Shane, who was diagnosed with anencephaly, a birth defect that causes part of the brain and skull to be missing, died shortly after he was born on October 9.
  — Kelly Potts, Woman's Day, 11 Nov. 2014
• Dengue virus, which is related to Zika, uses the AXL receptor to enter cells, yet it is not known to cause birth defects.
  — Quanta Magazine, 7 July 2016
• Because if any child was conceived on a Monday evening, the beginning of Tuesday would be considered unlucky, and the baby would likely have birth defects.
  — Kaity Kline, NPR, 13 Sep. 2024
• Zika virus infection during pregnancy appears to cause a range of birth defects, such as joint, eye and ear abnormalities, in addition to microcephaly.
  — Christine Herman, Scientific American, 3 Jan. 2017
• Thalidomide, a drug widely prescribed to fight morning sickness in the 1960s, was recalled after causing a host of horrible birth defects like missing limbs.
  — Megan Friedman, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 July 2015
• Often found in older couches, mattresses and carpet padding, flame retardant chemicals have been linked to infertility and birth defects.
  — Lindsey Campbell, House Beautiful, 30 July 2014
• The cub was born with a birth defect in one of her eyes.
  — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2020
• Clark was born with a rare birth defect and has no legs.
  — Petra Cahill, NBC News, 30 Aug. 2019
• One in 700 children are born with the birth defect each year.
  — Alex Orlando, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2021
• In 2017, Eric had a blood clot in his chest that was caused by a rare birth defect.
  — Marie Milano, Country Living, 9 Nov. 2019
• Due to a birth defect, her front paws were upside down.
  — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 12 Sep. 2021
• But to put it in context, around 1 in 33 babies are born with a birth defect each year, per the CDC.
  — Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 7 Sep. 2023
• Among causes of deaths, birth defects showed a 23% increase, compared to a decrease of about 3% in the rest of the U.S.
  — CBS News, 24 June 2024
• That includes low birth weight, preterm birth and a host of other birth defects.
  — Carol Motsinger, Cincinnati.com, 6 Mar. 2018
• Quite a bit more troublesome is that isotretinoin is linked to birth defects.
  — Sarah Klein, Health.com, 28 Feb. 2018
• He was born with two fingers on his left hand because of a birth defect.
  — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 20 Nov. 2019
• There’s a spectrum, because it’s not just one type of birth defect.
  — Yvonne Villarrealstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2022
• Part of the treatment is five years of tamoxifen, which can cause birth defects.
  — Julie Ma, The Cut, 26 Oct. 2017
• His lab uses mice, too, in this case to study the mechanism that causes the birth defect.
  — Kirsi Goldynia, CNN, 31 Mar. 2020
• Zika, for which there is no vaccine, can cause birth defects, fever, rash and headaches.
  — Sean Rossman, USA TODAY, 2 May 2018
• Born with a rare birth defect, his legs were amputated above the knee at age 2.
  — Janet Shamlian, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2019
• The drug caused serious birth defects and was withdrawn in 1961.
  — Adam Feuerstein and Matthew Herper, STAT, 31 July 2023
• The illness is the most common birth defect, and can make blood move too slowly or in the wrong direction.
  — Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 3 Oct. 2019
• Beyond genetics, the disorder can be the result of a birth defect that affects the spinal cord or the bones of the spine.
  — Mayo Clinic News Network, chicagotribune.com, 4 Dec. 2019
• That’s because heat stress in the first trimester, such as from saunas and hot tubs, has been linked with birth defects of the brain, nervous system or spinal cord.
  — Melinda Wenner Moyer, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2020
• The drug may cause birth defects, so it should not be taken by anyone who is pregnant, Yang said.
  — Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 5 Dec. 2023
• Better understanding of this process in flies can help researchers gain insight into embryonic development in other species, which can aid research into cancer and birth defects.
  — Michael Franco, New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024