Term: creutzfeldt-jakob disease: rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus; characterized by progressive dementia and gradual loss of muscle control
Candidate hypernym: condition: a state at a particular time → 1
Candidate hypernym: elegant brodiaea: brodiaea having an umbel of violet or blue-violet flowers atop a leafless stalk; northern Oregon to southern California → 0
Candidate hypernym: laryngeal artery: either of two arteries that supply blood to the larynx → 0
Candidate hypernym: film advance: a mechanism for advancing film in a camera or projector → 0
Candidate hypernym: lamb succory: small European herb with small yellow flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: fluorescent: a lighting fixture that uses a fluorescent lamp → 0
Candidate hypernym: sectarian: a member of a sect → 0
Candidate hypernym: buttercrunch: lettuce with delicate and relatively crunchy leaves → 0
Candidate hypernym: drum brake: hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to the inside of a spinning drum by the brake shoe → 0
Candidate hypernym: war party: a band of warriors who raid or fight an enemy (used especially of Native Americans) → 0
Candidate hypernym: hippobosca: type genus of the Hippoboscidae → 0