Term: tonsillectomy: surgical removal of the palatine tonsils; commonly performed along with adenoidectomy
Candidate hypernym: ablation: surgical removal of a body part or tissue → 1
Candidate hypernym: stippler: a painter who stipples (creates a stippled effect) → 0
Candidate hypernym: deadliness: the quality of being deadly → 0
Candidate hypernym: keratectasia: abnormal bulging of the cornea of the eye → 0
Candidate hypernym: malabsorption: abnormal absorption of nutrients from the digestive tract → 0
Candidate hypernym: loofah: the loofah climber that has cylindrical fruit → 0
Candidate hypernym: gorilla: largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa → 0
Candidate hypernym: famine: a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death → 0
Candidate hypernym: pressure: an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress → 0
Candidate hypernym: orinasal phone: a speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels) → 0
Candidate hypernym: call: a visit in an official or professional capacity → 0