birth defect vs clinodactyly

clinodactyly vs birth defect

birth defect and clinodactyly both are nouns.

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

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

birth defect: a defect that is present at birth
clinodactyly: a congenital defect in which one or more toes or fingers are abnormally positioned

Other hyponyms of birth defect include ablepharia, albinism, anencephalia, anencephaly, ametria, color blindness, color vision deficiency, colour blindness, colour vision deficiency, epispadias, clinocephalism, clinocephaly, 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, ankyloglossia, tongue tie.

birth defect (noun)	clinodactyly (noun)
a defect that is present at birth	a congenital defect in which one or more toes or fingers are abnormally positioned

Difference between birth defect and clinodactyly

Words related to "clinodactyly"

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