Term: speculum: a medical instrument for dilating a bodily passage or cavity in order to examine the interior
Candidate hypernym: artifact: a man-made object taken as a whole → 1
Candidate hypernym: portacaval shunt: shunt that is created surgically between the portal vein and the inferior vena cava so that blood from the abdominal organs can bypass the liver → 0
Candidate hypernym: central artery of the retina: a branch of the ophthalmic artery; enters the eyeball with the optic nerve → 0
Candidate hypernym: single nucleotide polymorphism: (genetics) genetic variation in a DNA sequence that occurs when a single nucleotide in a genome is altered; SNPs are usually considered to be point mutations that have been evolutionarily successful enough to recur in a significant proportion of the population of a species → 0
Candidate hypernym: bucksaw: a saw that is set in a frame in the shape of an H; used with both hands to cut wood that is held in a sawbuck → 0
Candidate hypernym: water dropwort: European poisonous herb having tuberous roots, yellow juice that stains the skin, yellow flowers and foliage resembling celery; all parts extremely poisonous → 0
Candidate hypernym: gamma radiation: electromagnetic radiation emitted during radioactive decay and having an extremely short wavelength → 0
Candidate hypernym: sucker: mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction; related to carps → 0
Candidate hypernym: hydrocolloid: a substance that forms a gel with water → 0
Candidate hypernym: gambit: an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker → 0
Candidate hypernym: eden: any place of complete bliss and delight and peace → 0