birth defect vs plagiocephaly

plagiocephaly vs birth defect

birth defect and plagiocephaly both are nouns.

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

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

birth defect: a defect that is present at birth
plagiocephaly: congenital malformation of the skull in which the main axis of the skull is oblique

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

birth defect (noun)	plagiocephaly (noun)
a defect that is present at birth	congenital malformation of the skull in which the main axis of the skull is oblique

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