birth defect vs Down's syndrome

Down's syndrome vs birth defect

birth defect and Down's syndrome both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
birth defect	Yes	No	No	No
Down's syndrome	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Down's syndrome is a hyponym of birth defect; that is, Down's syndrome is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than birth defect:

birth defect: a defect that is present at birth
Down's syndrome: a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome; results in a flat face and short stature and mental retardation

Other hyponyms of birth defect include ablepharia, albinism, anencephalia, anencephaly, ametria, color blindness, color vision deficiency, colour blindness, colour vision deficiency, epispadias, clinocephalism, clinocephaly, clinodactyly, macroglossia, Down syndrome, mongolianism, mongolism, trisomy 21, acrocephaly, oxycephaly, cheiloschisis, cleft lip, harelip, cleft palate, amelia, meromelia, encephalocele, meningocele, myelomeningocele, plagiocephaly, polysomy, hermaphrodism, hermaphroditism, pseudohermaphroditism, scaphocephaly, congenital heart defect, rachischisis, schistorrhachis, spina bifida, spinocerebellar disorder, hyperdactyly, polydactyly, syndactylism, syndactyly, ankyloglossia, tongue tie.

birth defect (noun)	Down's syndrome (noun)
a defect that is present at birth	a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome; results in a flat face and short stature and mental retardation

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