Term: follicle-stimulating hormone: a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates the cells in male mammals that form sperm
Candidate hypernym: hormone: the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect → 1
Candidate hypernym: slicing: the act of cutting into slices → 0
Candidate hypernym: smallpox: a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars → 0
Candidate hypernym: myometrium: the smooth muscle forming the wall of the uterus → 0
Candidate hypernym: presbytes: langurs → 0
Candidate hypernym: toucanet: small toucan → 0
Candidate hypernym: anchor light: a light in the rigging of a ship that is riding at anchor → 0
Candidate hypernym: calvinism: the theological system of John Calvin and his followers emphasizing omnipotence of God and salvation by grace alone → 0
Candidate hypernym: outrigger canoe: a seagoing canoe (as in South Pacific) with an outrigger to prevent it from upsetting → 0
Candidate hypernym: pierid: any of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs → 0
Candidate hypernym: scale insect: small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering → 0