先せん天てん病びょう

noun

congenital disease; hereditary disease

Refers to a disease or disorder present from birth, whether inherited or caused by prenatal factors. In medical contexts, 先天性疾患 is more precise, but 先天病 is used in general language.

• 彼かれは先せん天てん病びょうのため、幼おさない頃ころから入にゅう退たい院いんを繰くり返かえしていた。

  Because of a congenital disease, he had been in and out of the hospital since childhood.