Term: hyperparathyroidism: excessive secretion of parathyroid hormone resulting in abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood; can affect many systems of the body (especially causing bone resorption and osteoporosis)
Candidate hypernym: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples → 1
Candidate hypernym: radius: a circular region whose area is indicated by the length of its radius → 0
Candidate hypernym: american english: the English language as used in the United States → 0
Candidate hypernym: limnology: the scientific study of bodies of fresh water for their biological and physical and geological properties → 0
Candidate hypernym: iliamna: small genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs; some often placed in other genera → 0
Candidate hypernym: wing tip: a shoe having a wing-tip toecap → 0
Candidate hypernym: isoflurane: a widely used inhalation anesthetic → 0
Candidate hypernym: pericardial vein: several small veins from the pericardium → 0
Candidate hypernym: alaska standard time: standard time in the 9th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 135th meridian west; used in Hawaii and most of Alaska → 0
Candidate hypernym: thereness: the state of being there--not here--in position → 0
Candidate hypernym: ionization: the process of ionizing; the formation of ions by separating atoms or molecules or radicals or by adding or subtracting electrons from atoms by strong electric fields in a gas → 0