Term: iron lung: respirator that produces alternations in air pressure in a chamber surrounding a patient's chest to force air into and out of the lungs thus providing artificial respiration
Candidate hypernym: respirator: a breathing device for administering long-term artificial respiration → 1
Candidate hypernym: reversionary annuity: an annuity payable to one person in the event that someone else is unable to receive it → 0
Candidate hypernym: etymology: the study of the sources and development of words → 0
Candidate hypernym: two-tier bid: a takeover bid where the acquirer offers to pay more for the shares needed to gain control than for the remaining shares → 0
Candidate hypernym: regur: a rich black loam of India → 0
Candidate hypernym: baas: South African term for `boss' → 0
Candidate hypernym: anal stage: (psychoanalysis) the second sexual and social stage of a child's development during which bowel control is learned → 0
Candidate hypernym: court: an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business → 0
Candidate hypernym: gemini: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Gemini → 0
Candidate hypernym: peoples: the human beings of a particular nation or community or ethnic group → 0
Candidate hypernym: oscilloscope: electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities → 0