Term: tracheostomy: a surgical operation that creates an opening into the trachea with a tube inserted to provide a passage for air; performed when the pharynx is obstructed by edema or cancer or other causes
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: pachycephala: arboreal insectivorous birds → 0
Candidate hypernym: wake-up call: a telephone call that you request be made a specific time in order to wake you up at that time (especially in hotels) → 0
Candidate hypernym: bank examiner: an examiner appointed to audit the accounts of banks in a given jurisdiction → 0
Candidate hypernym: peri: (Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done → 0
Candidate hypernym: aftershock: a tremor (or one of a series of tremors) occurring after the main shock of an earthquake → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus coryphantha: mainly globose cacti of southwestern United States and Mexico covered with many nodules; superficially resembling and formerly included in genus Mammillaria → 0
Candidate hypernym: wood spurge: European perennial herb with greenish yellow terminal flower clusters → 0
Candidate hypernym: motor oil: oil used to lubricate the moving parts of a motor → 0
Candidate hypernym: jus soli: the principle that a person's nationality at birth is determined by the place of birth → 0
Candidate hypernym: ritz: an ostentatiously elegant hotel → 0