congenital anomaly vs trisomy 21

trisomy 21 vs congenital anomaly

congenital anomaly and trisomy 21 both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
congenital anomaly	Yes	No	No	No
trisomy 21	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, trisomy 21 is a hyponym of congenital anomaly; that is, trisomy 21 is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than congenital anomaly:

congenital anomaly: a defect that is present at birth
trisomy 21: 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, mongolism, 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)	trisomy 21 (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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