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Pertaining to generation, or to the generative organs. Genital cord (Anat.), a cord developed in the fetus by the union of portions of the Wolffian and Müllerian ducts and giving rise to parts of the urogenital passages in both sexes.

The organs of generation; the sexual organs; the private parts.

h; pertaining to one from birth; born with one; connate; constitutinal; natural; as, a congenital deformity. See Connate.

In a congenital manner.

Pertaining to the urinary and genital organs; genitourinary; urogenital; as, the urinogenital canal.

Same as Urinogenital.

Congenitally united with an organ of another kind, as calyx with ovary, or stamens with petals.

Grown to congenitally.

substance, with strong, penetrating odor, found in two sacs between the anus and external genitals of the beaver; castor; -- used in medicine as an antispasmodic, and by perfumers.

A short, variously distorted foot; also, the deformity, usually congenital, which such a foot exhibits; talipes.

Congenital; connate; inborn. See Congenital. [Obs.] Many conclusions, of moral and intellectual truths, seem . . . to be congenite with us. Sir M. Hale.

Congenital; existing from birth. "Connate notions." South. A difference has been made by some; those diseases or conditions which are dependent on original conformation being called congenital; while the diseases of affections that may have supervened during gestation or delivery are called connate. Dunglison.…

Out of place; congenitally displaced; as, an ectopic organ.

Pertaining to the genital organs and the thigh; -- applied especially to one of the lumbar nerves.

The genitals. [Obs.] Holland.

See Urogenital.

A human being destitute of the ordinary intellectual powers, whether congenital, developmental, or accidental; commonly, a person without understanding from birth; a natural fool; a natural; an innocent. Life . . . is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. Shak.

The act of attaching a ring, clasp, or frame, to the genital organs in such a manner as to prevent copulation.

enish, viscid mucus, resulting from inflammation or irritation of the membrane lining the genital organs of the female; the whites. Dunglison.

A person of congenitally abnormal mind bordering on insanity or degeneracy.