birth defect vs macroglossia

macroglossia vs birth defect

birth defect and macroglossia both are nouns.

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

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

birth defect: a defect that is present at birth
macroglossia: a congenital disorder characterized by an abnormally large tongue; often seen in cases of Down's syndrome

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, 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)	macroglossia (noun)
a defect that is present at birth	a congenital disorder characterized by an abnormally large tongue; often seen in cases of Down's syndrome

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