Term: macular degeneration: eye disease caused by degeneration of the cells of the macula lutea and results in blurred vision; can cause blindness
Candidate hypernym: physical condition: the condition or state of the body or bodily functions → 1
Candidate hypernym: waterspout: a channel through which water is discharged (especially one used for drainage from the gutters of a roof) → 0
Candidate hypernym: southwest by west: the compass point that is one point west of southwest → 0
Candidate hypernym: debacle: a sudden and violent collapse → 0
Candidate hypernym: sadhe: the 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet → 0
Candidate hypernym: cataplasia: (biology) degenerative reversion of cells or tissue to a less differentiated or more primitive form → 0
Candidate hypernym: amniotic cavity: the fluid-filled cavity that surrounds the developing embryo → 0
Candidate hypernym: ivory: a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses → 0
Candidate hypernym: top billing: the advertisement of a star's name at the top of a theatrical poster → 0
Candidate hypernym: chloroxylon: deciduous trees of India and Sri Lanka → 0
Candidate hypernym: floating-point notation: a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is indicated by an exponent of the radix; in the floating-point representation system, 0.0012 is represented as 0.12-2 where -2 is the exponent → 0