Term: rheumatoid arthritis: a chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities; something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack on the synovium by the immune system, which releases cytokines that stimulate an inflammatory reaction that can lead to the destruction of all components of the joint
Candidate hypernym: arthritis: inflammation of a joint or joints → 1
Candidate hypernym: cutlas: a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors → 0
Candidate hypernym: shingler: a worker who shingles roofs → 0
Candidate hypernym: landfall: the first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or flight over water) → 0
Candidate hypernym: thaw: a relaxation or slackening of tensions or reserve; becoming less hostile → 0
Candidate hypernym: music school: a school specializing in music → 0
Candidate hypernym: cardinal: (Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes → 0
Candidate hypernym: rough rider: a member of the volunteer cavalry regiment led by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War (1898) → 0
Candidate hypernym: singaporean: an inhabitant of Singapore → 0
Candidate hypernym: working principle: a rule that is adequate to permit work to be done → 0
Candidate hypernym: woodland caribou: any of several large caribou living in coniferous forests of southern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus → 0