congenital anomaly vs myelomeningocele

myelomeningocele vs congenital anomaly

congenital anomaly and myelomeningocele both are nouns.

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

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

congenital anomaly: a defect that is present at birth
myelomeningocele: a congenital defect of the central nervous system in which a sac containing part of the spinal cord and its meninges protrude through a gap in the vertebral column; frequently accompanied by hydrocephalus 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, mongolism, trisomy 21, acrocephaly, oxycephaly, cheiloschisis, cleft lip, harelip, cleft palate, amelia, meromelia, encephalocele, meningocele, 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)	myelomeningocele (noun)
a defect that is present at birth	a congenital defect of the central nervous system in which a sac containing part of the spinal cord and its meninges protrude through a gap in the vertebral column; frequently accompanied by hydrocephalus and mental retardation

Difference between congenital anomaly and myelomeningocele

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