Term: cystic fibrosis: the most common congenital disease; the child's lungs and intestines and pancreas become clogged with thick mucus; caused by defect in a single gene; no cure is known
Candidate hypernym: monogenic disorder: an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes → 1
Candidate hypernym: rock cress: any of several rock-loving cresses of the genus Arabis → 0
Candidate hypernym: metastasis: the spreading of a disease (especially cancer) to another part of the body → 0
Candidate hypernym: glissade: (ballet) a gliding or sliding step in ballet → 0
Candidate hypernym: string section: the section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments → 0
Candidate hypernym: transmission shaft: rotating shaft that transmits rotary motion from the engine to the differential → 0
Candidate hypernym: lace: a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns → 0
Candidate hypernym: barred owl: large owl of eastern North America having its breast and abdomen streaked with brown → 0
Candidate hypernym: ruin: an event that results in destruction → 0
Candidate hypernym: fresh bean: beans eaten before they are ripe as opposed to dried → 0
Candidate hypernym: mousepad: a small portable pad that provides traction for the ball of a computer mouse → 0