congenital abnormality vs hermaphrodism

hermaphrodism vs congenital abnormality

congenital abnormality and hermaphrodism both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
congenital abnormality	Yes	No	No	No
hermaphrodism	Yes	No	No	No

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

congenital abnormality: a defect that is present at birth
hermaphrodism: congenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristics

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, Down syndrome, mongolianism, mongolism, trisomy 21, acrocephaly, oxycephaly, cheiloschisis, cleft lip, harelip, cleft palate, amelia, meromelia, encephalocele, meningocele, myelomeningocele, plagiocephaly, polysomy, hermaphroditism, pseudohermaphroditism, scaphocephaly, congenital heart defect, rachischisis, schistorrhachis, spina bifida, spinocerebellar disorder, hyperdactyly, polydactyly, syndactylism, syndactyly, ankyloglossia, tongue tie.

congenital abnormality (noun)	hermaphrodism (noun)
a defect that is present at birth	congenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristics

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