Term: target cell: any cell that has a specific receptor for an antigen or antibody or hormone or drug, or is the focus of contact by a virus or phagocyte or nerve fiber etc.
Candidate hypernym: somatic cell: any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes → 1
Candidate hypernym: ploy: a maneuver in a game or conversation → 0
Candidate hypernym: hexagrammidae: greenlings → 0
Candidate hypernym: intelligence community: a group of government agencies and organizations that carry out intelligence activities for the United States government; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence → 0
Candidate hypernym: dacrycarpus: evergreen coniferous shrubs or trees of New Zealand to Malaysia and Philippines → 0
Candidate hypernym: culturati: people interested in culture and cultural activities → 0
Candidate hypernym: redundancy: repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission → 0
Candidate hypernym: craniometry: the branch of physical anthropology dealing with the study and measurement of dry skulls after removal of its soft parts → 0
Candidate hypernym: spirillaceae: rigid spirally curved elongate bacteria → 0
Candidate hypernym: pay-phone: a coin-operated telephone → 0
Candidate hypernym: patent: a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention → 0