Term: tuberculosis: infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)
Candidate hypernym: state: the way something is with respect to its main attributes → 1
Candidate hypernym: foryml: (chemistry) the negative univalent acyl radical CHO that occurs in aldehydes → 0
Candidate hypernym: plane table: surveying instrument consisting of a drawing board and a ruler that are mounted on a tripod; used to sight and map topographical details → 0
Candidate hypernym: materialist: someone with great regard for material possessions → 0
Candidate hypernym: locum tenens: someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession → 0
Candidate hypernym: fumble: (sports) dropping the ball → 0
Candidate hypernym: ritualist: a social anthropologist who is expert on rites and ceremonies → 0
Candidate hypernym: burrow: a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter → 0
Candidate hypernym: red helleborine: orchid of Mediterranean and Asia having a lax spike of bright rose-pink flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: mint: a plant where money is coined by authority of the government → 0
Candidate hypernym: alpha-naphthol test: biochemical indicator of the presence of carbohydrates in a solution; if carbohydrates are present a violet ring is formed by reaction with alpha-naphthol in the presence of sulfuric acid → 0