Term: c-reactive protein: a byproduct of inflammation; a globulin that is found in the blood in some cases of acute inflammation
Candidate hypernym: globulin: a family of proteins found in blood and milk and muscle and in plant seed → 1
Candidate hypernym: salicales: coextensive with the family Salicaceae → 0
Candidate hypernym: slagheap: pile of waste matter from coal mining etc → 0
Candidate hypernym: tanning: process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light → 0
Candidate hypernym: column: a vertical array of numbers or other information → 0
Candidate hypernym: guarantor: one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another → 0
Candidate hypernym: transitive verb: a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical → 0
Candidate hypernym: whitecup: prostrate woody South American herb with white tubular flowers often tinged with blue or rose → 0
Candidate hypernym: half binding: book binding in which the spine and part of the sides are bound in one material and the rest in another → 0
Candidate hypernym: luminary: a celebrity who is an inspiration to others → 0
Candidate hypernym: placebo effect: any effect that seems to be a consequence of administering a placebo; the change is usually beneficial and is assumed result from the person's faith in the treatment or preconceptions about what the experimental drug was supposed to do; pharmacologists were the first to talk about placebo effects but now the idea has been generalized to many situations having nothing to do with drugs → 0