Term: muscular dystrophy: any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles
Candidate hypernym: genetic disease: a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically → 1
Candidate hypernym: strength: the property of being physically or mentally strong → 0
Candidate hypernym: twenties: the decade from 1920 to 1929 → 0
Candidate hypernym: philistine: a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits → 0
Candidate hypernym: stickweed: any of several herbaceous plants having seeds that cling to clothing → 0
Candidate hypernym: recount: an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election → 0
Candidate hypernym: corporate bond: a bond issued by a corporation; carries no claim to ownership and pays no dividends but payments to bondholders have priority over payments to stockholders → 0
Candidate hypernym: carriage return: the operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed as the first character on a line → 0
Candidate hypernym: geneticism: the belief that all human characteristics are determined genetically → 0
Candidate hypernym: propenoic acid: an unsaturated liquid carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of acrylic resins → 0
Candidate hypernym: water system: a river and all of its tributaries → 0