Term: syphilis: a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
Candidate hypernym: venereal disease: a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact → 1
Candidate hypernym: calluna: one species → 0
Candidate hypernym: speaker: the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly → 0
Candidate hypernym: abortus: a human fetus whose weight is less than 0.5 kilogram when removed or expelled from the mother's body → 0
Candidate hypernym: connection: a connecting shape → 0
Candidate hypernym: myotonia: abnormally long muscular contractions; slow relaxation of a muscle after a contraction → 0
Candidate hypernym: dessert wine: still sweet wine often served with dessert or after a meal → 0
Candidate hypernym: sidebar: a short news story presenting sidelights on a major story → 0
Candidate hypernym: squirrel: the fur of a squirrel → 0
Candidate hypernym: assignation: a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers) → 0
Candidate hypernym: invite: a colloquial expression for invitation → 0