Term: acromegaly: enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face; often accompanied by headache and muscle pain and emotional disturbances; caused by overproduction of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary gland (due to a tumor)
Candidate hypernym: condition: a state at a particular time → 1
Candidate hypernym: molybdenite: a mineral resembling graphite that is valued as the chief source of molybdenum and its compounds → 0
Candidate hypernym: standing: the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position → 0
Candidate hypernym: indiana: United States pop artist (born 1928) → 0
Candidate hypernym: wild wheat: found wild in Palestine; held to be prototype of cultivated wheat → 0
Candidate hypernym: stenograph: a shorthand character → 0
Candidate hypernym: slush: partially melted snow → 0
Candidate hypernym: anisometropia: difference in the refractive power of the two eyes → 0
Candidate hypernym: lionfish: brightly striped fish of the tropical Pacific having elongated spiny fins → 0
Candidate hypernym: kingbolt: bolt that provides a steering joint in a motor vehicle → 0
Candidate hypernym: perspicuity: clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous → 0