congenital abnormality vs hermaphroditism

hermaphroditism vs congenital abnormality

congenital abnormality and hermaphroditism both are nouns.

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

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

congenital abnormality: a defect that is present at birth
hermaphroditism: 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, hermaphrodism, pseudohermaphroditism, scaphocephaly, congenital heart defect, rachischisis, schistorrhachis, spina bifida, spinocerebellar disorder, hyperdactyly, polydactyly, syndactylism, syndactyly, ankyloglossia, tongue tie.

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

Difference between congenital abnormality and hermaphroditism

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