Term: pelvic inflammatory disease: inflammation of the female pelvic organs (especially the Fallopian tubes) caused by infection by any of several microorganisms (chiefly gonococci and chlamydia); symptoms are abdominal pain and fever and foul-smelling vaginal discharge
Candidate hypernym: inflammatory disease: a disease characterized by inflammation → 1
Candidate hypernym: pickings: the act of someone who picks up or takes something → 0
Candidate hypernym: scaffold: a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded) → 0
Candidate hypernym: reveler: a celebrant who shares in a noisy party → 0
Candidate hypernym: rhinovirus: any of a group of picornaviruses that are responsible for many upper respiratory infections → 0
Candidate hypernym: lake: a purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal → 0
Candidate hypernym: black cypress pine: Australian tree with small flattened scales as leaves and numerous dark brown seed; valued for its timber and resin → 0
Candidate hypernym: coachwhip: a whipsnake of southern United States and Mexico; tail resembles a braided whip → 0
Candidate hypernym: isometrics: muscle-building exercises (or a system of musclebuilding exercises) involving muscular contractions against resistance without movement (the muscles contracts but the length of the muscle does not change) → 0
Candidate hypernym: automatic data processing: data processing by a computer → 0
Candidate hypernym: pass: (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate → 0