Congenital abnormality and Down syndrome

Congenital abnormality

Congenital abnormality noun - A defect that is present at birth.

Down syndrome and congenital abnormality are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "Down syndrome" with "Congenital abnormality", this phrases are similar.

Down syndrome

Down syndrome noun - 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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Congenital abnormality and Down syndrome are semantically related. You can use "Congenital abnormality" instead a noun phrase "Down syndrome".
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