congenital anomaly vs mongolism

mongolism vs congenital anomaly

congenital anomaly and mongolism both are nouns.

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

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

congenital anomaly: a defect that is present at birth
mongolism: 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 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, 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 anomaly (noun)	mongolism (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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