Term: catastrophic illness: severe illness requiring prolonged hospitalization or recovery; usually involves high costs for hospitals and doctors and medicines
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: braid: a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair → 0
Candidate hypernym: episteme: the body of ideas that determine the knowledge that is intellectually certain at any particular time → 0
Candidate hypernym: courbaril: West Indian locust tree having pinnate leaves and panicles of large white or purplish flowers; yields very hard tough wood → 0
Candidate hypernym: passamaquody: a member of the Algonquian people related to the Malecite and living in northeastern Maine and New Brunswick → 0
Candidate hypernym: talentlessness: a lack of talent → 0
Candidate hypernym: bullace: small wild or half-domesticated Eurasian plum bearing small ovoid fruit in clusters → 0
Candidate hypernym: english elm: broad spreading rough-leaved elm common throughout Europe and planted elsewhere → 0
Candidate hypernym: omnivore: an animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances → 0
Candidate hypernym: success: an event that accomplishes its intended purpose → 0
Candidate hypernym: procedure: a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings → 0