birth defect vs trisomy 21

trisomy 21 vs birth defect

birth defect and trisomy 21 both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
birth defect	Yes	No	No	No
trisomy 21	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, trisomy 21 is a hyponym of birth defect; that is, trisomy 21 is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than birth defect:

birth defect: a defect that is present at birth
trisomy 21: a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome; results in a flat face and short stature and mental retardation

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, 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)	trisomy 21 (noun)
a defect that is present at birth	a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome; results in a flat face and short stature and mental retardation

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