Term: neuromuscular blocking agent: a substance that interferes with the neural transmission between motor neurons and skeletal muscles
Candidate hypernym: substance: a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties → 1
Candidate hypernym: knot: something twisted and tight and swollen → 0
Candidate hypernym: japanese tree lilac: small tree of Japan having narrow pointed leaves and creamy-white flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: tanglebush: spiny branching deciduous shrub of southwestern United States having clusters of insignificant yellow-white flowers appearing before leaves followed by attractive black berrylike fruits → 0
Candidate hypernym: potassium cyanide: a poisonous salt (KCN) used in electroplating and in photography → 0
Candidate hypernym: zurvanism: a heretical Zoroastrian doctrine holding that Zurvan was the ultimate source of the universe and that both Ahura Mazda and Ahriman were Zurvan's offspring → 0
Candidate hypernym: keratotomy: surgical incision into the cornea → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus zamia: genus of small evergreen tropical and subtropical American cycads → 0
Candidate hypernym: forest: the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area → 0
Candidate hypernym: cyclopean masonry: a primitive style of masonry characterized by use of massive stones of irregular shape and size → 0
Candidate hypernym: germinal: seventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (March and April); the month of buds → 0