Term: cystic fibrosis: the most common congenital disease; the child's lungs and intestines and pancreas become clogged with thick mucus; caused by defect in a single gene; no cure is known
Candidate hypernym: state: the way something is with respect to its main attributes → 1
Candidate hypernym: upper limit: the limit on the upper (or northernmost) side of something → 0
Candidate hypernym: ceratophyllum: constituting the family Ceratophyllaceae: hornworts → 0
Candidate hypernym: jeweler: someone in the business of selling jewelry → 0
Candidate hypernym: electrical conduction: the passage of electricity through a conductor → 0
Candidate hypernym: butcher: a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market → 0
Candidate hypernym: vitamin d: a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets → 0
Candidate hypernym: lemon peel: strips of lemon peel cooked in sugar and coated with sugar → 0
Candidate hypernym: ethylene glycol: a sweet but poisonous syrupy liquid used as an antifreeze and solvent → 0
Candidate hypernym: countenance: the appearance conveyed by a person's face → 0
Candidate hypernym: primus: the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church of Scotland → 0