Term: prophylaxis: the prevention of disease
Candidate hypernym: hindrance: the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding → 1
Candidate hypernym: argentine: any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes → 0
Candidate hypernym: lip fern: any of various terrestrial ferns of the genus Cheilanthes; cosmopolitan in arid and semiarid temperate or tropical regions → 0
Candidate hypernym: course: a connected series of events or actions or developments → 0
Candidate hypernym: dayboy: a day boarder who is a boy → 0
Candidate hypernym: pressure unit: a unit measuring force per unit area → 0
Candidate hypernym: tax cut: the act of reducing taxation → 0
Candidate hypernym: mongoloid: a person suffering from Down syndrome (no longer used technically in this sense) → 0
Candidate hypernym: cyathea: type genus of the Cyatheaceae: tree ferns of the tropical rain forest to temperate woodlands → 0
Candidate hypernym: gromwell: European perennial branching plant; occurs in hedgerows and at the edge of woodlands → 0
Candidate hypernym: arrow grass: tufted perennial found in shallow water or marshland; sometimes poisons livestock → 0