birth defect vs spinocerebellar disorder

spinocerebellar disorder vs birth defect

birth defect and spinocerebellar disorder both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
birth defect	Yes	No	No	No
spinocerebellar disorder	Yes	No	No	No

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

birth defect: a defect that is present at birth
spinocerebellar disorder: any of several congenital disorders marked by degeneration of the cerebellum and spinal cord resulting in spasticity and ataxia

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, hyperdactyly, polydactyly, syndactylism, syndactyly, ankyloglossia, tongue tie.

birth defect (noun)	spinocerebellar disorder (noun)
a defect that is present at birth	any of several congenital disorders marked by degeneration of the cerebellum and spinal cord resulting in spasticity and ataxia

Difference between birth defect and spinocerebellar disorder

Words related to "spinocerebellar disorder"

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.