Term: ace inhibitor: an antihypertensive drug that blocks the formation of angiotensin II in the kidney, leading to relaxation of the arteries; promotes the excretion of salt and water by inhibiting the activity of the angiotensin converting enzyme; also used to treat congestive heart failure
Candidate hypernym: antihypertensive: a drug that reduces high blood pressure → 1
Candidate hypernym: abnegator: one who gives up or relinquishes or renounces something → 0
Candidate hypernym: trick or treat: a request by children on Halloween; they pass from door to door asking for goodies and threatening to play tricks on those who refuse → 0
Candidate hypernym: tupelo: any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America → 0
Candidate hypernym: impropriety: the condition of being improper → 0
Candidate hypernym: temporal artery: any of the three arteries on either side of the brain supplying the cortex of the temporal lobe → 0
Candidate hypernym: milline: an advertising measure; one agate line appearing in one million copies of a publication → 0
Candidate hypernym: sacrifice: (baseball) an out that advances the base runners → 0
Candidate hypernym: section: a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people → 0
Candidate hypernym: endarteritis: inflammation of the inner lining of an artery → 0
Candidate hypernym: engine failure: engine does not run → 0