Term: iridotomy: a surgical procedure that makes an incision in the iris of the eye in order to enlarge the pupil or to treat closed-angle glaucoma
Candidate hypernym: activity: any specific behavior → 1
Candidate hypernym: shred: a tiny or scarcely detectable amount → 0
Candidate hypernym: leatherwood: deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: architect: someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings) → 0
Candidate hypernym: plop: the noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash → 0
Candidate hypernym: shmegegge: (Yiddish) baloney; hot air; nonsense → 0
Candidate hypernym: rape: the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will → 0
Candidate hypernym: seal: a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents → 0
Candidate hypernym: rib: a teasing remark → 0
Candidate hypernym: spectroscope: an optical instrument for spectrographic analysis → 0
Candidate hypernym: sea fan: corals having a treelike or fan-shaped horny skeleton → 0