congenital disorder vs myelomeningocele

myelomeningocele vs congenital disorder

congenital disorder and myelomeningocele both are nouns.

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

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

congenital disorder: 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 disorder 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 disorder (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 disorder and myelomeningocele

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