Term: lassa fever: an acute contagious viral disease of central western Africa; characterized by fever and inflammation and muscular pains and difficulty swallowing; can be used as a bioweapon
Candidate hypernym: hemorrhagic fever: a group of illnesses caused by a viral infection (usually restricted to a specific geographic area); fever and gastrointestinal symptoms are followed by capillary hemorrhage → 1
Candidate hypernym: charybdis: (Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla → 0
Candidate hypernym: wild onion: any of various plants of the genus Allium with edible bulbs found growing wild → 0
Candidate hypernym: immunoglobulin a: one of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; the chief antibody in the membranes of the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts → 0
Candidate hypernym: kung fu: a Chinese martial art → 0
Candidate hypernym: interregnum: the time between two reigns, governments, etc. → 0
Candidate hypernym: windbreak: hedge or fence of trees designed to lessen the force of the wind and reduce erosion → 0
Candidate hypernym: lotus: white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians → 0
Candidate hypernym: harvestman: spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs → 0
Candidate hypernym: stemmer: a worker who makes or applies stems for artificial flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: bullhead: any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States → 0