Term: induction of labor: (obstetrics) inducing the childbirth process artificially by administering oxytocin or by puncturing the amniotic sac
Candidate hypernym: induction: the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time) → 1
Candidate hypernym: poison: anything that harms or destroys → 0
Candidate hypernym: archespore: primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops → 0
Candidate hypernym: reveille: a signal to get up in the morning; in the military it is a bugle call at sunrise → 0
Candidate hypernym: mark: the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember → 0
Candidate hypernym: cuckoo: any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail → 0
Candidate hypernym: fight: the act of fighting; any contest or struggle → 0
Candidate hypernym: anal personality: (psychoanalysis) a personality characterized by meticulous neatness and suspicion and reserve; said to be formed in early childhood by fixation during the anal stage of development (usually as a consequence of toilet training) → 0
Candidate hypernym: psalmist: a composer of sacred songs → 0
Candidate hypernym: givenness: the quality of being granted as a supposition; of being acknowledged or assumed → 0
Candidate hypernym: flying lemur: arboreal nocturnal mammal of southeast Asia and the Philippines resembling a lemur and having a fold of skin on each side from neck to tail that is used for long gliding leaps → 0