Term: venesection: surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis
Candidate hypernym: incision: the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation) → 1
Candidate hypernym: ballota: perennial herbs or subshrubs of especially Mediterranean area: black horehound → 0
Candidate hypernym: sprinkle: the act of sprinkling or splashing water → 0
Candidate hypernym: shawwal: the tenth month of the Islamic calendar → 0
Candidate hypernym: required course: a course that all students are required to take → 0
Candidate hypernym: bract: a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence → 0
Candidate hypernym: nitrate: any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid) → 0
Candidate hypernym: isthmus: a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas → 0
Candidate hypernym: bracero: a Mexican laborer who worked in the United States on farms and railroads in order to ease labor shortages during World War II → 0
Candidate hypernym: tilt angle: the angle a rocket makes with the vertical as it curves along its trajectory → 0
Candidate hypernym: partial derivative: the derivative of a function of two or more variables with respect to a single variable while the other variables are considered to be constant → 0