Term: ring vaccination: administering vaccine only to people in close contact with an isolated infected patient; prevents the spread of a highly infectious disease by surrounding the patient with a ring of immunization
Candidate hypernym: inoculating: the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity → 1
Candidate hypernym: water chevrotain: largest chevrotain; of marshy areas of west Africa → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus eoraptor: primitive theropod found in Argentina; early Triassic → 0
Candidate hypernym: secretary of commerce: the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Commerce → 0
Candidate hypernym: hairdressing: a toiletry for the hair → 0
Candidate hypernym: palatine: (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands → 0
Candidate hypernym: trans fatty acid: a fatty acid that has been produced by hydrogenating an unsaturated fatty acid (and so changing its shape); found in processed foods such as margarine and fried foods and puddings and commercially baked goods and partially hydrogenated vegetable oils → 0
Candidate hypernym: anestrus: applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus → 0
Candidate hypernym: suitability: the quality of having the properties that are right for a specific purpose → 0
Candidate hypernym: knesset: the Israeli unicameral parliament → 0
Candidate hypernym: minor planet: any of numerous small celestial bodies that move around the sun → 0