Term: anastomosis: a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous
Candidate hypernym: state: the way something is with respect to its main attributes → 1
Candidate hypernym: germ theory: (medicine) the theory that all contagious diseases are caused by microorganisms → 0
Candidate hypernym: playmaker: a player in a team sport who leads attacks or maneuvers in such a way that a teammate can score → 0
Candidate hypernym: score: a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages → 0
Candidate hypernym: arrester: a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier → 0
Candidate hypernym: timekeeper: (sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsed → 0
Candidate hypernym: geiger tube: an ionization chamber contained in a tube in a Geiger counter → 0
Candidate hypernym: osteology: the branch of anatomy that studies the bones of the vertebrate skeleton → 0
Candidate hypernym: nerve gas: a toxic gas that is inhaled or absorbed through the skin and has harmful effects on the nervous and respiratory system → 0
Candidate hypernym: number: the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural) → 0
Candidate hypernym: band: a driving belt in machinery → 0