The phrase "affected by a defect" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that has been influenced or impaired due to a flaw or imperfection.
Example: "The product was recalled because it was found to be affected by a defect that could compromise safety."
Alternatives: "impaired by a flaw" or "influenced by a fault."
According to the American Heart Association, CHD is the number one birth defect, and every year, nearly 1 out of every 125 babies born in America is affected by a Congenital Heart Defect.
Rinsky-Eng J, Miller L. Knowledge, use and education regarding folic acid supplementation: continuation study of women in Colorado who had a pregnancy affected by a neural tube defect.
In the United States, approximately one in every 1,000 pregnancies is affected by a neural tube defect (NTD) [1].
A particular example comprises hESC lines derived from embryos shown to be affected by a single-gene defect after PGD.
The transistor is self-aligned in such a way that it is not affected by any defects that arise in the fabrication of the graphene.
Favourable findings were reported also in a 50-year-old woman affected by a tibial plateau osteochondral defect following a Schatzker type II fracture (Filardo et al. [2009]).
Clinical trials, community intervention programs, and food fortification programs over the past decades have shown that maternal folic acid intake before and during early pregnancy reduces a woman's risk of having a pregnancy affected by a neural tube birth defect. 1 2 3 Every year, an estimated 300 000 or more pregnancies are affected by neural tube defects.
We found COQ10 muscle levels around 12 μg/g in two patients with genetically confirmed mutations in COQ2 so we cannot exclude that some of these patients may be affected by a primary COQ10 biosynthetic defect carrying mutations in genes that have not been characterized so far.
With front-side gradients the topmost part of many grains seems to be affected by a higher density of lattice defects due to the strong change of gallium content under copper-poor growth conditions.
The lattice expansion of Sm0.5Pr0.5FeO3 and Sm0.5Nd0.5FeO3 could be also affected by a possible change of the oxygen defect structure during the heating of the samples, as it was detected in PrFeO3 and SmFeO3 by thermogravimetric measurements [15].
Even though access to this infrastructure (such as social security funds and health care) is de jure open to every citizen, in fact only those affected by an epidemiologically noted biologic defect qualify for access.
