Term: diphtheria: acute contagious infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae; marked by the formation of a false membrane in the throat and other air passages causing difficulty in breathing
Candidate hypernym: contagious disease: any disease easily transmitted by contact → 1
Candidate hypernym: experimentalism: an orientation that favors experimentation and innovation → 0
Candidate hypernym: fixation: (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body → 0
Candidate hypernym: evaluator: an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality → 0
Candidate hypernym: seamount: an underwater mountain rising above the ocean floor → 0
Candidate hypernym: album: a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etc → 0
Candidate hypernym: kitten-tails: a plant of the genus Besseya having fluffy spikes of flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: antisepsis: the process of inhibiting the growth and multiplication of microorganisms → 0
Candidate hypernym: scopolia: genus of European perennial herbs yielding medicinal alkaloids → 0
Candidate hypernym: mombin: common tropical American shrub or small tree with purplish fruit → 0
Candidate hypernym: fleshiness: more than average fatness → 0