myelomeningocele vs birth defect

myelomeningocele and birth defect both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
myelomeningocele	Yes	No	No	No
birth defect	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, birth defect is a hypernym of myelomeningocele; that is, birth defect is a word with a broader meaning than myelomeningocele:

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
birth defect: a defect that is present at birth

Other hypernyms of myelomeningocele include congenital abnormality, congenital anomaly, congenital defect, congenital disorder.

myelomeningocele (noun)	birth defect (noun)
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	a defect that is present at birth

myelomeningocele vs birth defect

myelomeningocele and birth defect both are nouns.

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