birth defect vs polydactyly

polydactyly vs birth defect

birth defect and polydactyly both are nouns.

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

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

birth defect: a defect that is present at birth
polydactyly: birth defect characterized by the presence of more than the normal number of fingers or toes

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

birth defect (noun)	polydactyly (noun)
a defect that is present at birth	birth defect characterized by the presence of more than the normal number of fingers or toes

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