congenital abnormality vs Down syndrome

Down syndrome vs congenital abnormality

congenital abnormality and Down syndrome both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
congenital abnormality	Yes	No	No	No
Down syndrome	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Down syndrome is a hyponym of congenital abnormality; that is, Down syndrome is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than congenital abnormality:

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

Other hyponyms of congenital abnormality include ablepharia, albinism, anencephalia, anencephaly, ametria, color blindness, color vision deficiency, colour blindness, colour vision deficiency, epispadias, clinocephalism, clinocephaly, clinodactyly, macroglossia, Down's 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, syndactylism, syndactyly, ankyloglossia, tongue tie.

congenital abnormality (noun)	Down syndrome (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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