Term: curettage: surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: angular acceleration: (physics) the rate of change of the angular velocity of a rotating body → 0
Candidate hypernym: fertilizer: any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile → 0
Candidate hypernym: dilapidation: the process of becoming dilapidated → 0
Candidate hypernym: commodity: articles of commerce → 0
Candidate hypernym: heat pump: apparatus that extracts heat from a liquid that is at a higher temperature than its surroundings; can be used to transfer heat from a reservoir outside in order to heat a building → 0
Candidate hypernym: epistemologist: a specialist in epistemology → 0
Candidate hypernym: obsidian: acid or granitic glass formed by the rapid cooling of lava without crystallization; usually dark, but transparent in thin pieces → 0
Candidate hypernym: ultraviolet spectrum: the spectrum of ultraviolet radiation → 0
Candidate hypernym: valve: the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs → 0
Candidate hypernym: oblate: a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life → 0