Term: germ theory: (medicine) the theory that all contagious diseases are caused by microorganisms
Candidate hypernym: higher cognitive process: cognitive processes that presuppose the availability of knowledge and put it to use → 1
Candidate hypernym: walk-on: plays a small part in a dramatic production → 0
Candidate hypernym: charophyceae: in some classifications: contains only the order Charales → 0
Candidate hypernym: lamp chimney: a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp → 0
Candidate hypernym: stiletto: a small dagger with a tapered blade → 0
Candidate hypernym: suffocation: killing by depriving of oxygen → 0
Candidate hypernym: homestretch: the straight stretch of a racetrack leading to the finish line → 0
Candidate hypernym: baby grand: a small grand piano → 0
Candidate hypernym: fulcrum: the pivot about which a lever turns → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus babesia: type genus of the family Babesiidae → 0
Candidate hypernym: moderation: the action of lessening in severity or intensity → 0