Term: reciprocal inhibition: a method of behavior therapy based on the inhibition of one response by the occurrence of another response that is mutually incompatible with it; a relaxation response might be conditioned to a stimulus that previously evoked anxiety
Candidate hypernym: act: something that people do or cause to happen → 1
Candidate hypernym: multibank holding company: a bank holding company owning several banks → 0
Candidate hypernym: write-in candidate: a candidate for public office whose name does not appear on the ballot and so must be written on the ballot by the voters → 0
Candidate hypernym: drought: a prolonged shortage → 0
Candidate hypernym: coral-root bittercress: European bittercress having a knotted white rootstock → 0
Candidate hypernym: stud: ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt) → 0
Candidate hypernym: acute lymphocytic leukemia: acute leukemia characterized by proliferation of immature lymphoblast-like cells in bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen, and blood; most common in children → 0
Candidate hypernym: ostracoderm: extinct fish-like jawless vertebrate having a heavily armored body; of the Paleozoic → 0
Candidate hypernym: double entendre: an ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate → 0
Candidate hypernym: strangulation: the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage → 0
Candidate hypernym: balm of gilead: small evergreen tree of Africa and Asia; leaves have a strong aromatic odor when bruised → 0