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: illness: impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism → 1
Candidate hypernym: liquid nitrogen: nitrogen in a liquid state → 0
Candidate hypernym: chopstick: one of a pair of slender sticks used as oriental tableware to eat food with → 0
Candidate hypernym: racker: an attendant who puts pool or billiard balls into a rack → 0
Candidate hypernym: heavy water: water containing a substantial proportion of deuterium atoms, used in nuclear reactors → 0
Candidate hypernym: kirchhoff's laws: (physics) two laws governing electric networks in which steady currents flow: the sum of all the currents at a point is zero and the sum of the voltage gains and drops around any closed circuit is zero → 0
Candidate hypernym: bitterwood tree: any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste → 0
Candidate hypernym: cassowary: large black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea having a horny head crest → 0
Candidate hypernym: bull: a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla) → 0
Candidate hypernym: landed gentry: the gentry who own land (considered as a class) → 0
Candidate hypernym: keg: small cask or barrel → 0