Term: ligation: (surgery) tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery)
Candidate hypernym: tying: the act of tying or binding things together → 1
Candidate hypernym: bluegrass: any of various grasses of the genus Poa → 0
Candidate hypernym: deposit: a payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met → 0
Candidate hypernym: arawak: a family of South American Indian languages spoken in northeastern South America → 0
Candidate hypernym: interspersion: the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things → 0
Candidate hypernym: tragus: a small cartilaginous flap in front of the external opening of the ear → 0
Candidate hypernym: head: (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head → 0
Candidate hypernym: stitch: a sharp spasm of pain in the side resulting from running → 0
Candidate hypernym: ductus arteriosus: a blood vessel in a fetus that bypasses pulmonary circulation by connecting the pulmonary artery directly to the ascending aorta; normally closes at birth → 0
Candidate hypernym: jewish calendar month: a month in the Jewish calendar → 0
Candidate hypernym: short sale: sale of securities or commodity futures not owned by the seller (who hopes to buy them back later at a lower price) → 0