Term: beta receptor: receptors postulated to exist on nerve cell membranes of the sympathetic nervous system in order to explain the specificity of certain agents that affect only some sympathetic activities (such as vasodilation and increased heart beat)
Candidate hypernym: receptor: a cellular structure that is postulated to exist in order to mediate between a chemical agent that acts on nervous tissue and the physiological response → 1
Candidate hypernym: anacoluthia: an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another → 0
Candidate hypernym: jury duty: the civic duty to serve on a jury → 0
Candidate hypernym: muteness: a refusal to speak when expected → 0
Candidate hypernym: back tooth: a tooth situated at the back of the mouth → 0
Candidate hypernym: split end: (football) an offensive end who lines up at a distance from the other linemen → 0
Candidate hypernym: appointment book: a book containing a calendar and space to keep a record of appointments → 0
Candidate hypernym: pseudocolus: a genus of fungi belonging to the family Clathraceae → 0
Candidate hypernym: amicus curiae: an adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case; usually someone who wants to influence the outcome of a lawsuit involving matters of wide public interest → 0
Candidate hypernym: constancy: (psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation → 0
Candidate hypernym: anchovy butter: butter blended with mashed anchovies → 0