Term: oncogene: a gene that disposes normal cells to change into cancerous tumor cells
Candidate hypernym: gene: (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity → 1
Candidate hypernym: hop garden: a garden where hops are grown → 0
Candidate hypernym: darwinism: a theory of organic evolution claiming that new species arise and are perpetuated by natural selection → 0
Candidate hypernym: subnormality: the state of being less than normal (especially with respect to intelligence) → 0
Candidate hypernym: woodenness: the quality of being wooden and awkward → 0
Candidate hypernym: outside: the outer side or surface of something → 0
Candidate hypernym: chinese paddlefish: fish of larger rivers of China similar to the Mississippi paddlefish → 0
Candidate hypernym: procellariidae: petrels; fulmars; shearwaters → 0
Candidate hypernym: ruby-crowned kinglet: American kinglet with a notable song and in the male a red crown patch → 0
Candidate hypernym: roller coaster: anything characterized by abrupt and extreme changes (especially up and down) → 0
Candidate hypernym: pezophaps: constituted by the extinct solitaire → 0