Term: vasoconstriction: decrease in the diameter of blood vessels
Candidate hypernym: constriction: the action or process of compressing → 1
Candidate hypernym: handle: the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it → 0
Candidate hypernym: acre: a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries → 0
Candidate hypernym: making: (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something → 0
Candidate hypernym: international development association: an agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank → 0
Candidate hypernym: northern bog lemming: of wet alpine and subalpine meadows of Canada and Alaska → 0
Candidate hypernym: exception: grounds for adverse criticism → 0
Candidate hypernym: boathouse: a shed at the edge of a river or lake; used to store boats → 0
Candidate hypernym: brazilian ironwood: thornless tree yielding heavy wood → 0
Candidate hypernym: cur: an inferior dog or one of mixed breed → 0
Candidate hypernym: daguerreotype: a photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor → 0