Term: valvular incompetence: inability of a bodily valve to close completely
Candidate hypernym: attribute: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity → 1
Candidate hypernym: purist: someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words) → 0
Candidate hypernym: thing: an event → 0
Candidate hypernym: favus: a contagious fungal infection of the scalp; occurs mainly in Africa and the Middle East → 0
Candidate hypernym: microhylidae: narrow-mouthed toads and sheep frogs; some burrow and some are arboreal; found worldwide → 0
Candidate hypernym: estradiol patch: a transdermal patch that allows estradiol to be absorbed into the blood stream; used in treating estrogen deficiency and in hormone replacement therapy → 0
Candidate hypernym: bird's-eye maple: maple wood having a wavy grain with eyelike markings → 0
Candidate hypernym: field trial: a test of the performance of some new product under the conditions in which it will be used → 0
Candidate hypernym: clustered lady's slipper: clusters of several short stems each having 2 broad leaves and 2-4 drooping brownish to greenish flowers with pouches mottled with purple; British Columbia to central California and northern Colorado → 0
Candidate hypernym: vespertilio: a genus of Vespertilionidae → 0
Candidate hypernym: ogress: (folklore) a female ogre → 0