Term: kernig's sign: symptom of meningitis; patient cannot extend the leg at the knee when the thigh is flexed because of stiffness in the hamstrings
Candidate hypernym: psychological feature: a feature of the mental life of a living organism → 1
Candidate hypernym: rhesus: of southern Asia; used in medical research → 0
Candidate hypernym: purist: someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words) → 0
Candidate hypernym: mandate: a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves → 0
Candidate hypernym: sterilization: the procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means) → 0
Candidate hypernym: variola minor: a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of about 1 percent → 0
Candidate hypernym: roman: a resident of modern Rome → 0
Candidate hypernym: popularizer: someone who makes attractive to the general public → 0
Candidate hypernym: reception room: a room for receiving and entertaining visitors (as in a private house or hotel) → 0
Candidate hypernym: kaon: an unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision → 0
Candidate hypernym: colorado river hemp: tall-growing annual of southwestern United States widely grown as green manure; yields a strong tough bast fiber formerly used by Indians for cordage → 0