Hypernyms for "brain disorder"
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acataphasia
agnosia
agraphia
anorthography
aphasia
apraxia
cerebral palsy
CJD
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
epilepsy
Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease
logagraphia
paralysis agitans
Parkinsonism
Parkinson''s
Parkinson''s disease
Parkinson''s syndrome
Reye''s syndrome
shaking palsy
spastic paralysis
Wernicke''s encephalopathy
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.