Term: empyema: a collection of pus in a body cavity (especially in the lung cavity)
Candidate hypernym: illness: impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism → 1
Candidate hypernym: portcullis: gate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town; can be lowered to prevent passage → 0
Candidate hypernym: persona: (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus ankylosaurus: armored herbivorous dinosaurs of the Cretaceous → 0
Candidate hypernym: branchiura: copepods with suctorial mouthparts; parasitic on fishes → 0
Candidate hypernym: swivel: a coupling (as in a chain) that has one end that turns on a headed pin → 0
Candidate hypernym: broadcast medium: a medium that disseminates via telecommunications → 0
Candidate hypernym: utility man: a workman expected to serve in any capacity when called on → 0
Candidate hypernym: hairsplitter: a disputant who makes unreasonably fine distinctions → 0
Candidate hypernym: ammonium chloride: a white salt used in dry cells → 0
Candidate hypernym: military position: a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons → 0