Term: werdnig-hoffman disease: autosomal recessive disease in which the degeneration of spinal nerve cells and brain nerve cells leads to atrophy of skeletal muscles and flaccid paralysis; death usually occurs in early childhood
Candidate hypernym: disease: an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning → 1
Candidate hypernym: irresistibility: the quality of being overpowering and impossible to resist → 0
Candidate hypernym: sable: the expensive dark brown fur of the marten → 0
Candidate hypernym: colonnade: structure consisting of a row of evenly spaced columns → 0
Candidate hypernym: pharyngeal tonsil: a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx) → 0
Candidate hypernym: antifouling paint: a paint used to protect against the accumulation of barnacles etc. on underwater surfaces → 0
Candidate hypernym: elbow: a length of pipe with a sharp bend in it → 0
Candidate hypernym: autosomal dominant disease: a disease caused by a dominant mutant gene on an autosome → 0
Candidate hypernym: hurling: a traditional Irish game resembling hockey; played by two teams of 15 players each → 0
Candidate hypernym: national socialist german workers' party: the political party founded in Germany in 1919 and brought to power by Hitler in 1933 → 0
Candidate hypernym: italian: the Romance language spoken in Italy → 0