birth defect vs ankyloglossia

ankyloglossia vs birth defect

birth defect and ankyloglossia both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
birth defect	Yes	No	No	No
ankyloglossia	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, ankyloglossia is a hyponym of birth defect; that is, ankyloglossia is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than birth defect:

birth defect: a defect that is present at birth
ankyloglossia: a congenital anomaly in which the mucous membrane under the tongue is too short limiting the mobility of the tongue

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's syndrome, 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, tongue tie.

birth defect (noun)	ankyloglossia (noun)
a defect that is present at birth	a congenital anomaly in which the mucous membrane under the tongue is too short limiting the mobility of the tongue

Difference between birth defect and ankyloglossia

Words related to "ankyloglossia"

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.