Term: amebic dysentery: inflammation of the intestines caused by Endamoeba histolytica; usually acquired by ingesting food or water contaminated with feces; characterized by severe diarrhea
Candidate hypernym: dysentery: an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea → 1
Candidate hypernym: pollucite: a rare mineral that is an important source of cesium → 0
Candidate hypernym: divot: a piece of turf dug out of a lawn or fairway (by an animals hooves or a golf club) → 0
Candidate hypernym: extrovert: (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings → 0
Candidate hypernym: boa constrictor: very large boa of tropical America and West Indies → 0
Candidate hypernym: gummed label: an adhesive label → 0
Candidate hypernym: advance: an amount paid before it is earned → 0
Candidate hypernym: consistency: (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another → 0
Candidate hypernym: anonymous ftp: a common way to make software available; users are allowed to log in as `guest' without a password and copy whatever has been made available → 0
Candidate hypernym: dismissal: permission to go; the sending away of someone → 0
Candidate hypernym: embolus: an abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood → 0