Term: contagious disease: any disease easily transmitted by contact
Candidate hypernym: communicable disease: a disease that can be communicated from one person to another → 1
Candidate hypernym: shoulder pad: protective garment consisting of a hard rounded pad worn by football players to protect their shoulders → 0
Candidate hypernym: lacewing: any of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae); larvae feed on insect pests such as aphids → 0
Candidate hypernym: electrocardiogram: a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph → 0
Candidate hypernym: down quark: a stable quark with an electric charge of -1/3 and a mass 607 times that of an electron → 0
Candidate hypernym: carpinaceae: used in some classification systems for the genera Carpinus, Ostryopsis, and Ostryopsis → 0
Candidate hypernym: synizesis: the contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis → 0
Candidate hypernym: lesion: any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part → 0
Candidate hypernym: jewess: a woman who is a Jew → 0
Candidate hypernym: potency: capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects → 0
Candidate hypernym: electrolyte: a solution that conducts electricity → 0