congenital disorder vs spina bifida

spina bifida vs congenital disorder

congenital disorder and spina bifida both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
congenital disorder	Yes	No	No	No
spina bifida	Yes	No	No	No

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

congenital disorder: a defect that is present at birth
spina bifida: a not uncommon congenital defect in which a vertebra is malformed; unless several vertebrae are affected or there is myelomeningocele there are few symptoms; can be diagnosed by amniocentesis

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, myelomeningocele, plagiocephaly, polysomy, hermaphrodism, hermaphroditism, pseudohermaphroditism, scaphocephaly, congenital heart defect, rachischisis, schistorrhachis, spinocerebellar disorder, hyperdactyly, polydactyly, syndactylism, syndactyly, ankyloglossia, tongue tie.

congenital disorder (noun)	spina bifida (noun)
a defect that is present at birth	a not uncommon congenital defect in which a vertebra is malformed; unless several vertebrae are affected or there is myelomeningocele there are few symptoms; can be diagnosed by amniocentesis

Difference between congenital disorder and spina bifida

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