Term: myringotomy: surgical incision into the eardrum (to relieve pressure or release pus from the middle ear)
Candidate hypernym: operation: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body → 1
Candidate hypernym: medical bill: statement of charges for medical services → 0
Candidate hypernym: corn dab: small oval cake of corn bread baked or fried (chiefly southern) → 0
Candidate hypernym: lesser celandine: perennial herb native to Europe but naturalized elsewhere having heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers resembling buttercups; its tuberous roots have been used as a poultice to relieve piles → 0
Candidate hypernym: ordinary: an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel → 0
Candidate hypernym: mean: an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n → 0
Candidate hypernym: neutralization: action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action → 0
Candidate hypernym: sertoli cell: elongated cells found in the seminiferous tubules of the testis; apparently they nourish the spermatids → 0
Candidate hypernym: pontoon bridge: a temporary bridge built over a series of pontoons → 0
Candidate hypernym: senegal gum: gum arabic from the vicinity of the Senegal river → 0
Candidate hypernym: arabidopsis thaliana: a small invasive self-pollinating weed with small white flowers; much studied by plant geneticists; the first higher plant whose complete genome sequence was described → 0