Term: photocoagulation: surgical procedure that uses an intense laser beam to destroy diseased retinal tissue or to make a scar that will hold the retina in cases of detached retina
Candidate hypernym: operation: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body → 1
Candidate hypernym: attribute: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity → 0
Candidate hypernym: cutoff: a device that terminates the flow in a pipe → 0
Candidate hypernym: lassa virus: the RNA virus that causes Lassa fever → 0
Candidate hypernym: venus's girdle: ctenophore having a ribbon-shaped iridescent gelatinous body → 0
Candidate hypernym: tritanopia: rare form of dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to blue light resulting in an inability to distinguish blue and yellow → 0
Candidate hypernym: theurgy: the effect of supernatural or divine intervention in human affairs → 0
Candidate hypernym: presentness: the quality of being the present; - R.E.Spiller → 0
Candidate hypernym: silver ash: any of various timber trees of the genus Flindersia → 0
Candidate hypernym: street smarts: a shrewd ability to survive in a dangerous urban environment → 0
Candidate hypernym: unsteadiness: the quality of not being steady or securely fixed in place → 0