Term: kuru: a progressive disease of the central nervous system marked by increasing lack of coordination and advancing to paralysis and death within a year of the appearance of symptoms; thought to have been transmitted by cannibalistic consumption of diseased brain tissue since the disease virtually disappeared when cannibalism was abandoned
Candidate hypernym: nervous disorder: a disorder of the nervous system → 1
Candidate hypernym: mutual savings bank: a state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees → 0
Candidate hypernym: sadism: sexual pleasure obtained by inflicting harm (physical or psychological) on others → 0
Candidate hypernym: sampling: measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form) → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus protea: type genus of Proteaceae; tropical African shrubs → 0
Candidate hypernym: net income: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) → 0
Candidate hypernym: damage: the act of damaging something or someone → 0
Candidate hypernym: algonkian: a member of a North American Indian people in the Ottawa river valley of Ontario and Quebec → 0
Candidate hypernym: taupe: a greyish brown → 0
Candidate hypernym: language unit: one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed → 0
Candidate hypernym: ephemerality: the property of lasting for a very short time → 0