Term: amygdalotomy: psychosurgery in which amygdaloid fibers that mediate limbic system activity are severed (in cases of extreme uncontrollable violence)
Candidate hypernym: psychosurgery: brain surgery on human patients intended to relieve severe and otherwise intractable mental or behavioral problems → 1
Candidate hypernym: reburying: the act of burying again → 0
Candidate hypernym: bundling: the act of binding something into a bundle → 0
Candidate hypernym: prime number: an integer that has no integral factors but itself and 1 → 0
Candidate hypernym: teratoma: a tumor consisting of a mixture of tissues not normally found at that site → 0
Candidate hypernym: verdicchio: a dry white Italian wine made from Verdicchio grapes → 0
Candidate hypernym: means: an instrumentality for accomplishing some end → 0
Candidate hypernym: chasm: a deep opening in the earth's surface → 0
Candidate hypernym: knock: a vigorous blow → 0
Candidate hypernym: worker: sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae → 0
Candidate hypernym: recognizance: (law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited → 0