Term: autoimmune disease: any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues
Candidate hypernym: disease: an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning → 1
Candidate hypernym: white mulberry: Asiatic mulberry with white to pale red fruit; leaves used to feed silkworms → 0
Candidate hypernym: element of a cylinder: a straight line running the length of the cylinder → 0
Candidate hypernym: hastate leaf: a leaf shaped like a spearhead with flaring pointed lobes at the base → 0
Candidate hypernym: serving cart: a handcart for serving food → 0
Candidate hypernym: generalization: an idea or conclusion having general application → 0
Candidate hypernym: transitivity: the grammatical relation created by a transitive verb → 0
Candidate hypernym: reverse osmosis: (chemistry) a method of producing pure water; a solvent passes through a semipermeable membrane in a direction opposite to that for natural osmosis when it is subjected to a hydrostatic pressure greater than the osmotic pressure → 0
Candidate hypernym: secondary censorship: armed forces censorship of the personal communications of officers or civilian employees or enlisted personnel not subject to primary censorship → 0
Candidate hypernym: sorter: a machine for sorting things (such as punched cards or letters) into classes → 0
Candidate hypernym: excellence: an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels → 0