Term: osteolysis: lysis of bone caused by disease or infection or inadequate blood supply
Candidate hypernym: natural process: a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) → 1
Candidate hypernym: transmutation: (physics) the change of one chemical element into another (as by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment) → 0
Candidate hypernym: object-oriented database: a database in which the operations carried out on information items (data objects) are considered part of their definition → 0
Candidate hypernym: box pleat: a flat double pleat made by folding under the fabric on either side of it → 0
Candidate hypernym: tachina fly: bristly fly whose larvae live parasitically in caterpillars and other insects; important in control of noxious insects → 0
Candidate hypernym: identification: evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing → 0
Candidate hypernym: dotard: an oldster in his dotage; someone whose age has impaired his intellect → 0
Candidate hypernym: size: the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing) → 0
Candidate hypernym: messmate: (nautical) an associate with whom you share meals in the same mess (as on a ship) → 0
Candidate hypernym: vein: a distinctive style or manner → 0
Candidate hypernym: saprolegnia: aquatic fungi growing chiefly on plant debris and animal remains → 0