Term: epidural anesthesia: regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the epidural space of the spinal cord; sensation is lost in the abdominal and genital and pelvic areas; used in childbirth and gynecological surgery
Candidate hypernym: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples → 1
Candidate hypernym: pyrimidine: any of several basic compounds derived from pyrimidine → 0
Candidate hypernym: pantheism: (rare) worship that admits or tolerates all gods → 0
Candidate hypernym: black: black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning) → 0
Candidate hypernym: mnemonic: a device (such as a rhyme or acronym) used to aid recall → 0
Candidate hypernym: easter sunday: the day (in March or April) on which the festival of Easter is celebrated → 0
Candidate hypernym: current: a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) → 0
Candidate hypernym: white mullein: densely hairy Eurasian herb with racemose white flowers; naturalized in North America → 0
Candidate hypernym: scratch: an indication of damage → 0
Candidate hypernym: self-report personality inventory: a personality inventory in which a person is asked which of a list of traits and characteristics describe her or him or to indicate which behaviors and hypothetical choices he or she would make → 0
Candidate hypernym: hyperboloid: a quadric surface generated by rotating a hyperbola around its main axis → 0