Term: plague: a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
Candidate hypernym: epidemic disease: any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people → 1
Candidate hypernym: third person: pronouns and verbs that are used to refer to something other than the speaker or addressee of the language in which they occur → 0
Candidate hypernym: botulism: food poisoning from ingesting botulin; not infectious; affects the CNS; can be fatal if not treated promptly → 0
Candidate hypernym: bank gravel: gravel as found in natural deposits → 0
Candidate hypernym: astrophyton: includes many of the basket stars → 0
Candidate hypernym: tubercle bacillus: cause of tuberculosis → 0
Candidate hypernym: evenness: the quality of being balanced → 0
Candidate hypernym: aspidistra: evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves; grown primarily as a foliage houseplant → 0
Candidate hypernym: sanctuary: a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept → 0
Candidate hypernym: vol-au-vent: puff paste shell filled with a savory meat mixture usually with a sauce → 0
Candidate hypernym: physique: constitution of the human body → 0