Term: artificial kidney: a machine that uses dialysis to remove impurities and waste products from the bloodstream before returning the blood to the patient's body
Candidate hypernym: dialyzer: a medical instrument for separating substances in solution by unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes → 1
Candidate hypernym: equivalent: a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc → 0
Candidate hypernym: melissa: a genus of Old World mints of the family Labiatae → 0
Candidate hypernym: head gasket: a gasket to seal a cylinder head → 0
Candidate hypernym: aramaic: an alphabetical (or perhaps syllabic) script used since the 9th century BC to write the Aramaic language; many other scripts were subsequently derived from it → 0
Candidate hypernym: acrocomia: Central and South American feather palms → 0
Candidate hypernym: portuguese: a native or inhabitant of Portugal → 0
Candidate hypernym: siphonaptera: fleas → 0
Candidate hypernym: cephaloridine: a broad spectrum semisynthetic antibiotic produced by modifying cephalosporin → 0
Candidate hypernym: repletion: eating until excessively full → 0
Candidate hypernym: tractor: a wheeled vehicle with large wheels; used in farming and other applications → 0