Term: total parenteral nutrition: administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava; used in cases of long-term coma or severe burns or severe gastrointestinal syndromes
Candidate hypernym: feeding: the act of supplying food and nourishment → 1
Candidate hypernym: pawnee: a member of the Pawnee nation formerly living in Nebraska and Kansas but now largely in Oklahoma → 0
Candidate hypernym: vocabulary: the system of techniques or symbols serving as a means of expression (as in arts or crafts) → 0
Candidate hypernym: midwifery: assisting women at childbirth → 0
Candidate hypernym: ionic order: the second Greek order; the capital is decorated with spiral scrolls → 0
Candidate hypernym: apostleship: the position of apostle → 0
Candidate hypernym: oak leaf cluster: a United States military decoration consisting of bronze or silver oak leaves and acorns awarded to anyone who has won a given medal before → 0
Candidate hypernym: fricative consonant: a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract → 0
Candidate hypernym: cupola: a roof in the form of a dome → 0
Candidate hypernym: box number: a mailing address to which answers to a newspaper ad can be sent → 0
Candidate hypernym: branta: wild geese → 0