Term: werdnig-hoffman disease: autosomal recessive disease in which the degeneration of spinal nerve cells and brain nerve cells leads to atrophy of skeletal muscles and flaccid paralysis; death usually occurs in early childhood
Candidate hypernym: state: the way something is with respect to its main attributes → 1
Candidate hypernym: cerebral palsy: a loss or deficiency of motor control with involuntary spasms caused by permanent brain damage present at birth → 0
Candidate hypernym: demythologization: the restatement of a message (as a religious one) in rational terms → 0
Candidate hypernym: operation: a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work → 0
Candidate hypernym: crusher: a device that crushes something → 0
Candidate hypernym: asparagus: edible young shoots of the asparagus plant → 0
Candidate hypernym: neurinoma: tumor (usually benign) of the sheath surrounding a nerve → 0
Candidate hypernym: straitjacket: a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person → 0
Candidate hypernym: edmontosaurus: duck-billed dinosaur from Canada found as a fossilized mummy with skin → 0
Candidate hypernym: methodology: the system of methods followed in a particular discipline → 0
Candidate hypernym: spoilage: the amount that has spoiled → 0