birth defect vs epispadias

epispadias vs birth defect

birth defect and epispadias both are nouns.

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

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

birth defect: a defect that is present at birth
epispadias: a congenital abnormality in males in which the urethra is on the upper surface of the penis

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

birth defect (noun)	epispadias (noun)
a defect that is present at birth	a congenital abnormality in males in which the urethra is on the upper surface of the penis

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