ACQUIRED
\ɐkwˈa͡ɪ͡əd], \ɐkwˈaɪəd], \ɐ_k_w_ˈaɪə_d]\
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Noting a disease, predisposition, habit, etc., which is not congenital but has taken possession of one at some period after birth.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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Not originally bestowed by nature.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Obtained after birth; not congenital.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Nuclear Fissions
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