Term: laryngismus: laryngeal spasm caused by the sudden contraction of laryngeal muscles
Candidate hypernym: spasm: (pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel) → 1
Candidate hypernym: semantics: the meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, or text → 0
Candidate hypernym: telegraphy: communicating at a distance by electric transmission over wire → 0
Candidate hypernym: endocervicitis: inflammation of the mucous lining of the uterine cervix → 0
Candidate hypernym: associate in nursing: an associate degree in nursing → 0
Candidate hypernym: piciform bird: any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood → 0
Candidate hypernym: citrus mealybug: feeds on a wide variety of cultivated plants but especially destructive to citrus → 0
Candidate hypernym: placoderm: fish-like vertebrate with bony plates on head and upper body; dominant in seas and rivers during the Devonian; considered the earliest vertebrate with jaws → 0
Candidate hypernym: license: the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization → 0
Candidate hypernym: tenor: a settled or prevailing or habitual course of a person's life → 0
Candidate hypernym: cylinder: a chamber within which piston moves → 0