birth defect vs hermaphroditism

hermaphroditism vs birth defect

birth defect and hermaphroditism both are nouns.

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

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

birth defect: a defect that is present at birth
hermaphroditism: congenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristics

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, pseudohermaphroditism, scaphocephaly, congenital heart defect, rachischisis, schistorrhachis, spina bifida, spinocerebellar disorder, hyperdactyly, polydactyly, syndactylism, syndactyly, ankyloglossia, tongue tie.

birth defect (noun)	hermaphroditism (noun)
a defect that is present at birth	showing characteristics of both sexes
	congenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristics

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