Term: venesection: surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: plant: (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion → 0
Candidate hypernym: tamarindus: widely cultivated tropical trees originally of Africa → 0
Candidate hypernym: dish: a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food → 0
Candidate hypernym: tubule: a small tube → 0
Candidate hypernym: hepatolenticular degeneration: a rare inherited disorder of copper metabolism; copper accumulates in the liver and then in the red blood cells and brain → 0
Candidate hypernym: epimedium: herbaceous perennials of Mediterranean to India and eastern Asia → 0
Candidate hypernym: disambiguator: (computer science) a natural language processing application that tries to determine the intended meaning of a word or phrase by examining the linguistic context in which it is used → 0
Candidate hypernym: alabaster: a hard compact kind of calcite → 0
Candidate hypernym: schooldays: the time of life when you are going to school → 0
Candidate hypernym: hair: a filamentous projection or process on an organism → 0