8 sentences with “defects”

Lori and Bob wanted to know what caused the deformities, but studies of her brain and tests for genetic defects revealed nothing abnormal.

Folic acid. Supposed virtues: prevents neural tube birth defects if taken by the mother before and during pregnancy. The truth: It is effective.

To ensure that the skin is always smooth and free of small defects such as pimples or blackheads, it is necessary to massage it daily with a sponge and bath gel.

Doctors once thought that the only hereditary diseases were haemophilia, certain birth defects and the odd rare condition. But scientific evidence showed that this was not the case.

Above all, they want to know those "little secrets" that can conceal and camouflage some undesirable defects and, once corrected, highlight a beauty that can be gradually polished and perfected.

Although the reason for the vitamin's effectiveness is not yet known, it has been observed that mothers of babies with these defects have abnormally high levels of a substance called homocysteine.

Similarly, when a Jesuit astronomer, Fr. Sheiner, reported to his provincial that he had observed sunspots (discovered by Galileo), the latter replied: "Retire, my son, be calm and be assured that it is defects of your crystals or of your eyes that you have taken for sunspots.

Dr James Mills, chief of paediatric epidemiology at the US National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, explains: "Some women are at risk of giving birth to children with these defects, but it is not easy to identify them. What we do know is that giving folic acid to all pregnant women significantly reduces the incidence of malformations.