Term: cirrhosis: a chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism
Candidate hypernym: liver disease: a disease affecting the liver → 1
Candidate hypernym: basset horn: a tenor clarinet; pitched in the key of F below the B-flat clarinet → 0
Candidate hypernym: collimator: a small telescope attached to a large telescope to use in setting the line of the larger one → 0
Candidate hypernym: blanket flower: annual of central United States having showy long-stalked yellow flower heads marked with scarlet or purple in the center → 0
Candidate hypernym: sonata form: a musical form having 3 sections -- exposition and development and recapitulation; characteristic of 1st movement of a sonata or symphony → 0
Candidate hypernym: suffixation: formation of a word by means of a suffix → 0
Candidate hypernym: stop payment: a depositor's order to a bank to refuse payment on a check → 0
Candidate hypernym: queensland nut: bushy tree with pink to purple flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: patriarchal cross: a cross with two crossbars → 0
Candidate hypernym: gleba: fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn → 0
Candidate hypernym: peppermint: herb with downy leaves and small purple or white flowers that yields a pungent oil used as a flavoring → 0