Term: gamma aminobutyric acid: an amino acid that is found in the central nervous system; acts as an inhibitory neurotransmitter
Candidate hypernym: amino acid: organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group → 1
Candidate hypernym: sergeant major: a noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative officer of a headquarters unit of the Army → 0
Candidate hypernym: elastomer: any of various elastic materials that resemble rubber (resumes its original shape when a deforming force is removed) → 0
Candidate hypernym: diegueno: a member of a North American Indian people of southern California → 0
Candidate hypernym: hyperemesis gravidarum: hyperemesis during pregnancy; if severe it can result in damage to the brain and liver and kidney → 0
Candidate hypernym: celeriac: grown for its thickened edible aromatic root → 0
Candidate hypernym: tritium: a radioactive isotope of hydrogen; atoms of tritium have three times the mass of ordinary hydrogen atoms → 0
Candidate hypernym: dilution: weakening (reducing the concentration) by the addition of water or a thinner → 0
Candidate hypernym: bucksaw: a saw that is set in a frame in the shape of an H; used with both hands to cut wood that is held in a sawbuck → 0
Candidate hypernym: peanut: widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground → 0
Candidate hypernym: tay-sachs disease: a hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism occurring most frequently in individuals of Jewish descent in eastern Europe; accumulation of lipids in nervous tissue results in death in early childhood → 0