Term: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs
Candidate hypernym: ill health: a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain → 1
Candidate hypernym: catfish: any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth → 0
Candidate hypernym: lacquer: a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish → 0
Candidate hypernym: stevens' law: (psychophysics) the concept that the magnitude of a subjective sensation increases proportional to a power of the stimulus intensity → 0
Candidate hypernym: traversal: travel across → 0
Candidate hypernym: ostrya: deciduous monoecious trees of Europe and Asia and America; sometimes placed in subfamily or family Carpinaceae → 0
Candidate hypernym: shrinking: the act of becoming less → 0
Candidate hypernym: porphyrula: American purple gallinules → 0
Candidate hypernym: phytotherapy: the use of plants or plant extracts for medicinal purposes (especially plants that are not part of the normal diet) → 0
Candidate hypernym: chionanthus: deciduous trees or shrubs: fringe tree → 0
Candidate hypernym: untidiness: the trait of being untidy and messy → 0