Term: amebic dysentery: inflammation of the intestines caused by Endamoeba histolytica; usually acquired by ingesting food or water contaminated with feces; characterized by severe diarrhea
Candidate hypernym: infectious disease: a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact → 1
Candidate hypernym: exactness: the quality of being exact → 0
Candidate hypernym: check: (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king → 0
Candidate hypernym: zoolatry: the worship of animals → 0
Candidate hypernym: diclofenac potassium: a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Cataflam) → 0
Candidate hypernym: cow: a large unpleasant woman → 0
Candidate hypernym: residual: (often plural) a payment that is made to a performer or writer or director of a television show or commercial that is paid for every repeat showing → 0
Candidate hypernym: first-aid kit: kit consisting of a set of bandages and medicines for giving first aid → 0
Candidate hypernym: cynosure: something that strongly attracts attention and admiration → 0
Candidate hypernym: glassworks: a workplace where glass is made → 0
Candidate hypernym: cat and mouse: a game for children in which the players form a circle and join hands; they raise their hands to let a player inside the circle or lower their hands to bar a second player who is chasing the first → 0