Term: prostate specific antigen: a protein manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; PSA is produced for the ejaculate where it liquifies the semen and allows sperm cells to swim freely; elevated levels of PSA in blood serum are associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer
Candidate hypernym: protein: any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino acids; essential in the diet of animals for growth and for repair of tissues; can be obtained from meat and eggs and milk and legumes → 1
Candidate hypernym: ingesta: solid and liquid nourishment taken into the body through the mouth → 0
Candidate hypernym: evergreen blueberry: shrub of the eastern United States having shining evergreen leaves and bluish-black fruit → 0
Candidate hypernym: tack hammer: a light hammer that is used to drive tacks → 0
Candidate hypernym: incandescence: light from heat → 0
Candidate hypernym: lunar day: the period of time taken for the moon to make one full rotation on its axis (about 27.3 sidereal days) → 0
Candidate hypernym: white slaver: a person who forces women to become prostitutes → 0
Candidate hypernym: shiga bacillus: a bacillus that causes dysentery → 0
Candidate hypernym: association: (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding → 0
Candidate hypernym: mononuclear phagocyte system: a widely distributed system of free and fixed macrophages derived from bone marrow → 0
Candidate hypernym: bromeliaceae: a family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance → 0