acoustic signal; audible signal; audio signal
vasodilator; vasodepressor
staple; stapler clip; staple (food, crop); staple (fiber); cable clip; clip used to attach electrical cable to wooden building material
(similar to) perinatal; period from around the 28th week of pregnancy to a week after the baby is born
tweezers (esp. in a medical or laboratory setting); forceps
pushing forward (undaunted, bravely); working vigorously towards an aim; struggling on; striving towards
three stars (shape); three stars (rating); Orion's belt; Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Cupar (Britain); Cooper; Couper; Cowper
child one is expecting; child in one's womb
cartilage; nankotsu; (dish of) gristle (usu. of chicken, deep-fried)
absence from work without permission
results of a scientific investigation; findings
doctor's rounds (in hospital)
quickening; foetal (fetal) movement; fomenting (trouble)
Kerry (Ireland); Kelley; Kerrey
to swell; to become swollen; to become puffy (e.g. face from lack of sleep); to become bloated (esp. from fluid retention)
godparent; first person to give something its name
young greens; young herbs
miscarriage; (spontaneous) abortion; abortive birth
prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion
medical office (esp. in a hospital); doctor's office
armchair theory; impracticable theory
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
answering machine; answer phone
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
disease; ailment; illness
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
being on duty; being on watch; person on duty
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)