Term: phagocytosis: process in which phagocytes engulf and digest microorganisms and cellular debris; an important defense against infection
Candidate hypernym: bodily process: an organic process that takes place in the body → 1
Candidate hypernym: crash barrier: a strong protective barrier that is erected around a racetrack or in the middle of a dual-lane highway in order to reduce the likelihood of severe accidents → 0
Candidate hypernym: nugget: a solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth → 0
Candidate hypernym: prison chaplain: a chaplain in a prison → 0
Candidate hypernym: correlation matrix: a matrix giving the correlations between all pairs of data sets → 0
Candidate hypernym: african marigold: a stout branching annual with large yellow to orange flower heads; Mexico and Central America → 0
Candidate hypernym: interphone: a telephonic intercommunication system linking different rooms in a building or ship etc → 0
Candidate hypernym: relief printing: printing from a plate with raised characters → 0
Candidate hypernym: shetland sheepdog: a small sheepdog resembling a collie that was developed in the Shetland Islands → 0
Candidate hypernym: trionyx: type genus of the Trionychidae → 0
Candidate hypernym: field: (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information → 0