Term: genital herpes: an infection caused by herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) that is usually transmitted by sexual contact; marked by recurrent attacks of painful eruptions on the skin and mucous membranes of the genital area
Candidate hypernym: venereal disease: a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact → 1
Candidate hypernym: whey: the serum or watery part of milk that is separated from the curd in making cheese → 0
Candidate hypernym: lodestar: something that serves as a model or guide → 0
Candidate hypernym: toy: a device regarded as providing amusement → 0
Candidate hypernym: physalis: ground cherries → 0
Candidate hypernym: ligation: (surgery) tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery) → 0
Candidate hypernym: pyramid scheme: a fraudulent scheme in which people are recruited to make payments to the person who recruited them while expecting to receive payments from the persons they recruit; when the number of new recruits fails to sustain the hierarchical payment structure the scheme collapses with most of the participants losing the money they put in → 0
Candidate hypernym: acquirer: a corporation gaining financial control over another corporation or financial institution through a payment in cash or an exchange of stock → 0
Candidate hypernym: uncleanliness: lack of cleanly habits → 0
Candidate hypernym: lexical semantics: the branch of semantics that studies the meanings and relations of words → 0
Candidate hypernym: mortise: a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint → 0