Term: theophylline: a colorless crystalline alkaloid derived from tea leaves or made synthetically; used in medicine as a bronchial dilator
Candidate hypernym: bronchodilator: a drug that relaxes and dilates the bronchial passageways and improves the passages of air into the lungs → 1
Candidate hypernym: pendulum: an apparatus consisting of an object mounted so that it swings freely under the influence of gravity → 0
Candidate hypernym: twenty-twenty: normal visual acuity, as measured by the ability to read charts at a distance of 20 feet → 0
Candidate hypernym: surface lift: a ski tow that pulls skiers up a slope without lifting them off the ground → 0
Candidate hypernym: globule: a small globe or ball → 0
Candidate hypernym: pedigree: line of descent of a purebred animal → 0
Candidate hypernym: wax myrtle: any shrub or small tree of the genus Myrica with aromatic foliage and small wax-coated berries → 0
Candidate hypernym: limited war: a war whose objective is less than the unconditional defeat of the enemy → 0
Candidate hypernym: byte: a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information → 0
Candidate hypernym: asparagus bean: South American bean having very long succulent pods → 0
Candidate hypernym: cattle drive: driving a bovine herd (as cows or bulls or steers) → 0