Term: hormone replacement therapy: hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women; believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis
Candidate hypernym: therapy: (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.) → 1
Candidate hypernym: sway: controlling influence → 0
Candidate hypernym: pocket-handkerchief: a handkerchief that is carried in a pocket → 0
Candidate hypernym: valence electron: an electron in the outer shell of an atom which can combine with other atoms to form molecules → 0
Candidate hypernym: side: a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location → 0
Candidate hypernym: biscutella: genus of Eurasian herbs and small shrubs: buckler mustard → 0
Candidate hypernym: amaryllis: bulbous plant having showy white to reddish flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: bauhinia: mountain ebony, orchid tree → 0
Candidate hypernym: urinal: a plumbing fixture (usually attached to the wall) used by men to urinate → 0
Candidate hypernym: trichina: parasitic nematode occurring in the intestines of pigs and rats and human beings and producing larvae that form cysts in skeletal muscles → 0
Candidate hypernym: extenuation: a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances → 0