Term: fixation: (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
Candidate hypernym: process: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states → 1
Candidate hypernym: selfsameness: the quality of being identical with itself → 0
Candidate hypernym: boiling: cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil → 0
Candidate hypernym: reciprocal pronoun: a pronoun or pronominal phrase (as `each other') that expresses a mutual action or relationship between the individuals indicated in the plural subject → 0
Candidate hypernym: sixpence: a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970 → 0
Candidate hypernym: courser: a dog trained for coursing → 0
Candidate hypernym: hegemon: a leading or paramount power → 0
Candidate hypernym: dictyoptera: in some classifications replaced by the orders (here suborders) Blattodea (cockroaches) and Manteodea (mantids); in former classifications often subsumed under a much broader order Orthoptera → 0
Candidate hypernym: american english: the English language as used in the United States → 0
Candidate hypernym: magnum opus: a great work of art or literature → 0
Candidate hypernym: moisture: wetness caused by water → 0