Term: desensitization technique: a technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety; client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguished
Candidate hypernym: psychological feature: a feature of the mental life of a living organism → 1
Candidate hypernym: transient ischemic attack: brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply; symptoms depend on the site of the blockage → 0
Candidate hypernym: arnica: an ointment used in treating bruises → 0
Candidate hypernym: empty nester: a parent whose children have grown up and left home → 0
Candidate hypernym: puppet: a doll with a hollow head of a person or animal and a cloth body; intended to fit over the hand and be manipulated with the fingers → 0
Candidate hypernym: lemon juice: usually freshly squeezed juice of lemons → 0
Candidate hypernym: northern: a dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish Lallans → 0
Candidate hypernym: field cricket: common American black cricket; attacks crops and also enters dwellings → 0
Candidate hypernym: walloon: a dialect of French spoken in Belgium and adjacent parts of France → 0
Candidate hypernym: jelly fungus: any fungus of the order Tremellales or Auriculariales whose fruiting body is jellylike in consistency when fresh → 0
Candidate hypernym: caddo: a group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas → 0