Term: corticosterone: secreted by the adrenal cortex; involved in regulating water and electrolyte balance in the body
Candidate hypernym: glucocorticoid: a steroid hormone that is produced by the adrenal cortex of animals; affects functioning of gonads and has anti-inflammatory activity → 1
Candidate hypernym: ball game: a field game played with a ball (especially baseball) → 0
Candidate hypernym: tragedian: a writer (especially a playwright) who writes tragedies → 0
Candidate hypernym: rider: a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel) → 0
Candidate hypernym: backscratcher: someone who is willing to trade favors or services for mutual advantage → 0
Candidate hypernym: tax assessor: an official who evaluates property for the purpose of taxing it → 0
Candidate hypernym: epicanthus: a vertical fold of skin over the nasal canthus; normal for Mongolian peoples; sometimes occurs in Down's syndrome → 0
Candidate hypernym: pad: the fleshy cushion-like underside of an animal's foot or of a human's finger → 0
Candidate hypernym: common daisy: low-growing Eurasian plant with yellow central disc flowers and pinkish-white outer ray flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: cystoid macular edema: a specific pattern of swelling in the central retina → 0
Candidate hypernym: extremity: the outermost or farthest region or point → 0