Term: index case: the earliest documented case of a disease that is included in an epidemiological study
Candidate hypernym: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity → 1
Candidate hypernym: croton: tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil → 0
Candidate hypernym: cusp: point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch) → 0
Candidate hypernym: history: a record or narrative description of past events → 0
Candidate hypernym: ratables: property that provides tax income for local governments → 0
Candidate hypernym: white sauce: milk thickened with a butter and flour roux → 0
Candidate hypernym: lagniappe: a small gift (especially one given by a merchant to a customer who makes a purchase) → 0
Candidate hypernym: ragamuffin: a dirty shabbily clothed urchin → 0
Candidate hypernym: scomberesox: a genus of Scomberesocidae → 0
Candidate hypernym: distinguished flying cross: a United States Air Force decoration for heroism while participating in an aerial flight → 0
Candidate hypernym: gluten-free diet: diet prescribed to treat celiac disease; eliminates such foods as wheat and rye and oats and beans and cabbage and turnips and cucumbers that are rich in gluten → 0