Term: retina: the innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve
Candidate hypernym: thing: a separate and self-contained entity → 1
Candidate hypernym: throb: an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart) → 0
Candidate hypernym: kusan: a Penutian language spoken by the Kusan → 0
Candidate hypernym: shimmy: lively dancing (usually to ragtime music) with much shaking of the shoulders and hips → 0
Candidate hypernym: curd: a coagulated liquid resembling milk curd → 0
Candidate hypernym: biographer: someone who writes an account of a person's life → 0
Candidate hypernym: exercise: (usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches → 0
Candidate hypernym: shinto: the ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal dogma; characterized by a veneration of nature spirits and of ancestors → 0
Candidate hypernym: receptacle: an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert → 0
Candidate hypernym: neurobiology: the branch of biology that deals with the anatomy and physiology and pathology of the nervous system → 0
Candidate hypernym: doxazosin: an antihypertensive drug (trade name Cardura) that works by relaxing blood vessels so that blood passes through them more easily; it is also used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia → 0