Term: amniocentesis: (pregnancy) extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities
Candidate hypernym: psychological feature: a feature of the mental life of a living organism → 1
Candidate hypernym: stubbornness: the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome → 0
Candidate hypernym: drapery: cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds → 0
Candidate hypernym: space: one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff → 0
Candidate hypernym: plug fuse: a fuse with a thread that screws into a socket → 0
Candidate hypernym: benedictine: a monk or nun belonging to the order founded by Saint Benedict → 0
Candidate hypernym: recusation: (law) the disqualification of a judge or jury by reason of prejudice or conflict of interest; a judge can be recused by objections of either party or judges can disqualify themselves → 0
Candidate hypernym: cadaver: the dead body of a human being → 0
Candidate hypernym: nonevent: an anticipated event that turns out to be far less significant than was expected → 0
Candidate hypernym: oilman: a person who owns or operates oil wells → 0
Candidate hypernym: channel: (often plural) a means of communication or access → 0