breathing in (of a foreign body, food, etc.); pulmonary aspiration; mis-swallowing; swallowing down the wrong pipe
cyclosporin; cyclosporine
(bowing and) greeting; (arch.) declining; (arch.) refusing
special council or commission
strict; hidebound; inflexible; being a stickler for the rules; sticking hard and fast to the rules
precarious situation; precarious state
cholangitis; angiocholitis
slander; calumny; defamation; libel; abuse
both material and moral; both physically and psychologically (spiritually)
feces; excrement; number two
otorhinolaryngology; otolaryngology; ear, nose and throat department
drug to lower blood pressure; antihypertensive
private plan; one's own plan
a question of whether or not someone should resign
acute myocardial infarction; AMI
difficult, dirty, and dangerous (work); apartment with three bedrooms and a kitchen
to count on; to anticipate; to expect
plague bacillus (Yersinia pestis)
varix; varicosity; varicose vein
return current; convection; reflux
to start slowly; to lag behind
to have a rumor circulating
even though one has fallen on hard times; however down on one's luck one may be