Term: infection: (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease
Candidate hypernym: pathologic process: an organic process occurring as a consequence of disease → 1
Candidate hypernym: water bed: a bed with a mattress made of strong plastic that is filled with water → 0
Candidate hypernym: ghastliness: the quality of being ghastly → 0
Candidate hypernym: irrigation: (medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution → 0
Candidate hypernym: thousand island dressing: mayonnaise with chili sauce or catsup and minced olives and peppers and hard-cooked egg → 0
Candidate hypernym: hessian fly: small fly whose larvae damage wheat and other grains → 0
Candidate hypernym: semantic role: (linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause → 0
Candidate hypernym: jap: (offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent → 0
Candidate hypernym: stentor: any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are members of the genus Stentor → 0
Candidate hypernym: splenius: either of two flat muscles that extend from the upper vertebrae to the base of the skull and serve to rotate or flex or extend the head and neck → 0
Candidate hypernym: feather boa: a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur → 0