Term: conn's syndrome: disturbances in saltwater balance and symptoms of weakness and muscular cramps and twitching and convulsions and sometimes paralysis; usually caused by a benign tumor of the cortex of the adrenal gland that leads to excess secretion of aldosterone
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Candidate hypernym: barnacle goose: European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north → 0
Candidate hypernym: pro-life faction: those who argue that induced abortion is killing and should be prohibited → 0
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Candidate hypernym: oil well: a well that yields or has yielded oil → 0
Candidate hypernym: shift key: the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters → 0
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Candidate hypernym: basal vein: a large vein passing along the medial surface of the temporal lobe and emptying into the great cerebral vein → 0
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