Term: slow virus: a virus that remains dormant in the body for a long time before symptoms appear
Candidate hypernym: virus: (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein → 1
Candidate hypernym: idea: the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about → 0
Candidate hypernym: membership card: a card certifying membership in an organization → 0
Candidate hypernym: stuffiness: state of obstruction or stoppage or air in the nose or throat → 0
Candidate hypernym: rickettsialpox: mild infectious rickettsial disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Rickettsia transmitted to humans by the bite a mite that lives on rodents; characterized by chills and fever and headache and skin lesions that resemble chickenpox → 0
Candidate hypernym: threadfish: fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins → 0
Candidate hypernym: beaked hazelnut: hazel of western United States with conspicuous beaklike involucres on the nuts → 0
Candidate hypernym: horse racing: the sport of racing horses → 0
Candidate hypernym: chamaea: a genus of Paridae → 0
Candidate hypernym: feast day: a day designated for feasting → 0
Candidate hypernym: war paint: adornment consisting of paint applied to the face and body of certain Amerindians before a battle → 0