Term: thyroidectomy: surgical removal of the thyroid gland
Candidate hypernym: ablation: surgical removal of a body part or tissue → 1
Candidate hypernym: basic: a popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn; an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code; no longer in general use → 0
Candidate hypernym: kumquat: any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp → 0
Candidate hypernym: ankylosaur: having the back covered with thick bony plates; thought to have walked with a sprawling gait resembling a lizard's → 0
Candidate hypernym: raggedness: shabbiness by virtue of being in rags → 0
Candidate hypernym: membership: the state of being a member → 0
Candidate hypernym: vasculitis: inflammation of a blood vessel → 0
Candidate hypernym: lab coat: a light coat worn to protect clothing from substances used while working in a laboratory → 0
Candidate hypernym: obsoleteness: the property of being out of date and not current → 0
Candidate hypernym: women's army corps: an army corps that was organized in World War II but is no longer a separate branch of the United States Army → 0
Candidate hypernym: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory: an anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids → 0