Term: atrophy: a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
Candidate hypernym: symptom: (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease → 1
Candidate hypernym: yom kippur: (Judaism) a solemn and major fast day on the Jewish calendar; 10th of Tishri; its observance is one of the requirements of the Mosaic law → 0
Candidate hypernym: calystegia: climbing or scrambling herbs: bindweed → 0
Candidate hypernym: photosynthesis: synthesis of compounds with the aid of radiant energy (especially in plants) → 0
Candidate hypernym: bush administration: the executive under President George H. W. Bush → 0
Candidate hypernym: chalcopyrite: a yellow copper ore (CuFeS2) made up of copper and iron sulfide → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus gerardia: genus of annual or perennial herbs with showy pink or purple or yellow flowers; plants often assigned to genera Aureolaria or Agalinis → 0
Candidate hypernym: hyperlipoproteinemia: any of various disorders of lipoprotein and cholesterol metabolism that result in high levels of lipoprotein and cholesterol in the circulating blood → 0
Candidate hypernym: fraudulence: the quality of being fraudulent → 0
Candidate hypernym: tin can: informal term for a destroyer → 0
Candidate hypernym: american twinflower: similar to the twinflower of northern Europe and Asia → 0