birth defect vs syndactylism

syndactylism vs birth defect

birth defect and syndactylism both are nouns.

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

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

birth defect: a defect that is present at birth
syndactylism: birth defect in which there is partial or total webbing connecting two or more 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, polydactyly, syndactyly, ankyloglossia, tongue tie.

birth defect (noun)	syndactylism (noun)
a defect that is present at birth	birth defect in which there is partial or total webbing connecting two or more fingers or toes

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