Term: severe combined immunodeficiency: a congenital disease affecting T cells that can result from a mutation in any one of several different genes; children with it are susceptible to infectious disease; if untreated it is lethal within the first year or two of life
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: ecclesiasticism: religion appropriate to a church and to ecclesiastical principles and practices → 0
Candidate hypernym: chicken scratch: cramped or illegible handwriting → 0
Candidate hypernym: langue d'oc: medieval provincial dialects of French formerly spoken in the south of France → 0
Candidate hypernym: bituminous coal: rich in tarry hydrocarbons; burns readily with a smoky yellow flame → 0
Candidate hypernym: free electron: electron that is not attached to an atom or ion or molecule but is free to move under the influence of an electric field → 0
Candidate hypernym: ghostwriter: a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else → 0
Candidate hypernym: iceland spar: a transparent calcite found in Iceland and used in polarizing microscopes → 0
Candidate hypernym: blooming: the organic process of bearing flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: figured bass: a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played → 0
Candidate hypernym: interim overhaul: an overhaul between the regular times for overhauling → 0