congenital anomaly vs hermaphrodism

hermaphrodism vs congenital anomaly

congenital anomaly and hermaphrodism both are nouns.

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

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

congenital anomaly: 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 anomaly 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 anomaly (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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