Term: vector-borne transmission: indirect transmission of an infectious agent that occurs when a vector bites or touches a person
Candidate hypernym: indirect transmission: a transmission mechanism in which the infectious agent is transferred to the person by a fomite of vector → 1
Candidate hypernym: anisometropia: difference in the refractive power of the two eyes → 0
Candidate hypernym: asserter: someone who claims to speak the truth → 0
Candidate hypernym: desktop computer: a personal computer small enough to fit conveniently in an individual workspace → 0
Candidate hypernym: frame of reference: a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning → 0
Candidate hypernym: discretion: freedom to act or judge on one's own → 0
Candidate hypernym: smooth woodsia: rock-inhabiting fern of Arctic and subarctic Europe to eastern Asia → 0
Candidate hypernym: human right: (law) any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights to life and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality before the law) → 0
Candidate hypernym: embrace: a close affectionate and protective acceptance → 0
Candidate hypernym: holder: a person who holds something → 0
Candidate hypernym: bondsman: someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else → 0