Term: infection: an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
Candidate hypernym: incident: a single distinct event → 1
Candidate hypernym: adrenal medulla: the medulla of the adrenal gland; secretes epinephrine → 0
Candidate hypernym: sanicle: a plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers → 0
Candidate hypernym: implantation: a surgical procedure that places something in the human body → 0
Candidate hypernym: hoariness: great age (especially grey or white with age) → 0
Candidate hypernym: growth industry: an industry that is growing rapidly → 0
Candidate hypernym: pinwheel: perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels → 0
Candidate hypernym: kentucky coffee tree: handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute → 0
Candidate hypernym: goiter: abnormally enlarged thyroid gland; can result from underproduction or overproduction of hormone or from a deficiency of iodine in the diet → 0
Candidate hypernym: lubricating system: mechanical system of lubricating internal combustion engines in which a pump forces oil into the engine bearings → 0
Candidate hypernym: violin family: (music) the family of bowed stringed instruments → 0