| blue baby |
an infant born with blue-tinged skin from insufficient oxygen in the blood, caused by a congenital heart or lung defect. |
| defective |
having a flaw or defect; not perfect. |
| deformity |
a moral or aesthetic defect or distortion. [1/3 definitions] |
| disability |
the condition or state of incapacity, esp. as caused by an injury, congenital defect, illness, or the like. [1/3 definitions] |
| fault |
a defect; flaw; weakness. [1/7 definitions] |
| faultless |
without blemish, fault, or defect. |
| flaw1 |
a fault or defect. [2/3 definitions] |
| frailty |
a fault or defect, esp. in one's moral character. [1/2 definitions] |
| freak1 |
a person or animal that is very different from what is considered normal, or that has a surprising defect. [1/3 definitions] |
| glitch |
(informal) a small problem or defect. |
| hemeralopia |
a defect of the eyes in which sight is normal in a dim light, but extremely poor in a bright light; day blindness. |
| idiot |
(outdated; no longer in scientific use) a person who is profoundly subnormal in intellectual development as a result of a birth defect, early illness, or severe injury. [1/2 definitions] |
| imbalance |
a defect in proportion or balance between elements. [1/2 definitions] |
| impediment |
a physical defect that hinders clear speech. [1/3 definitions] |
| imperfect |
an item of goods that contains a defect but still is considered usable and is offered for sale usu. at a lower price. [1/5 definitions] |
| infirmity |
a weakness or defect of morals or character. [1/3 definitions] |
| lisp |
a speech defect in which "s" is pronounced like the "th" sound in "thick" and "z" is pronounced like the "th" sound in "this". [1/3 definitions] |
| malformation |
faulty or abnormal formation, esp. in the structure of a living organism; defect. |
| myopia |
a visual defect in which distant images are focused in front of rather than on the retina; nearsightedness. (Cf. hyperopia.) [1/2 definitions] |
| -opia |
a condition or defect of vision or of the eye. |
| overcompensate |
in psychology, to try to correct a personal fault or personality defect by exaggerated antithetical behavior. [1/3 definitions] |