Term: laryngectomy: surgical removal of part or all of the larynx (usually to treat cancer of the larynx)
Candidate hypernym: ablation: surgical removal of a body part or tissue → 1
Candidate hypernym: phatic speech: conversational speech used to communicate sociability more than information → 0
Candidate hypernym: palm sunday: Sunday before Easter → 0
Candidate hypernym: diagonal: a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric → 0
Candidate hypernym: glory: a state of high honor → 0
Candidate hypernym: banditry: the practice of plundering in gangs → 0
Candidate hypernym: hypoderma: in some classifications considered the type genus of the family Hypodermatidae: warble flies → 0
Candidate hypernym: rock: (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable; ; --Gospel According to Matthew → 0
Candidate hypernym: socket: receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted → 0
Candidate hypernym: dot matrix: a rectangular matrix of dots from which written characters can be formed → 0
Candidate hypernym: seductress: a woman who seduces → 0