Term: meningitis: infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) usually caused by a bacterial infection; symptoms include headache and stiff neck and fever and nausea
Candidate hypernym: illness: impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism → 1
Candidate hypernym: man: an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman) → 0
Candidate hypernym: running suit: a matching jacket and pants worn by joggers and made of fabric that absorbs perspiration → 0
Candidate hypernym: immateriality: complete irrelevance requiring no further consideration → 0
Candidate hypernym: cymbid: any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers; extensively hybridized and cultivated as houseplants and important florists' flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: bering time: standard time in the 11th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 165th meridian west; used in the Midway Islands → 0
Candidate hypernym: henry's law: (chemistry) law formulated by the English chemist William Henry; the amount of a gas that will be absorbed by water increases as the gas pressure increases → 0
Candidate hypernym: rocky mountain spotted fever: caused by rickettsial bacteria and transmitted by wood ticks → 0
Candidate hypernym: rustication: banishment into the country → 0
Candidate hypernym: friend: a person you know well and regard with affection and trust → 0
Candidate hypernym: mix: an event that combines things in a mixture → 0