Term: diabetes mellitus: diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria
Candidate hypernym: diabetes: a polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood; any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst → 1
Candidate hypernym: cactaceae: constituting the order Opuntiales → 0
Candidate hypernym: valuation reserve: a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets → 0
Candidate hypernym: brain: that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord → 0
Candidate hypernym: insurance: promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company → 0
Candidate hypernym: pyxis: a small box used by ancient Greeks to hold medicines → 0
Candidate hypernym: jaywalker: a reckless pedestrian who crosses a street illegally → 0
Candidate hypernym: globetrotter: someone who travels widely and often → 0
Candidate hypernym: na-dene: a family of North American Indian languages → 0
Candidate hypernym: range pole: surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide; used for sightings by surveyors → 0
Candidate hypernym: citron: large lemonlike fruit with thick aromatic rind; usually preserved → 0