Term: syphilis: a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
Candidate hypernym: disease: an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning → 1
Candidate hypernym: posthumous birth: birth of a child by Caesarean section after the death of the mother → 0
Candidate hypernym: sway: controlling influence → 0
Candidate hypernym: smasher: a person who smashes something → 0
Candidate hypernym: protestant: an adherent of Protestantism → 0
Candidate hypernym: mechanics: the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference → 0
Candidate hypernym: carolina buckthorn: deciduous shrub of eastern and central United States having black berrylike fruit; golden-yellow in autumn → 0
Candidate hypernym: formulation: a substance prepared according to a formula → 0
Candidate hypernym: creel: a wicker basket used by anglers to hold fish → 0
Candidate hypernym: calisthenics: the practice of calisthenic exercises → 0
Candidate hypernym: bicycling: riding a bicycle → 0