woman in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics); female scientist
medium-sized enterprise (business, firm)
fixed cost; fixed expense
manufacturing; craftsmanship; making things by hand
entirely domestically produced; 100% domestically made
personal funds; one's own money; self-funding
cosmo-chemistry; space science
chicken, goose and pheasant; (arch.) cuckoo, Japanese bush warbler and wagtail
reoperation; repeat surgery; second surgery; surgical revision
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
written order; order form
financials; on the funding (capital) side
experiments using animals; in-vivo testing; animal testing
clinical study; clinical trial
medical apparatus; medical instruments
improved version; variant (of a pathogen)
dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)
desire for improvement (in social standing, etc.); ambition to rise in the world
being greatly in the red; taking a big loss; heavy deficit
sales pitch; sales lure; catchphrase
expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility
National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NASA
big corporation; major firm; leading company
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
loading; stacking the wall of tiles to one's advantage
medical expenses; doctor's bill
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
small factory in town; backstreet (small) workshop
listing (on the stock exchange, etc.); taking a company public; presentation (e.g. of a play, opera); performance
interruption; interference; butting in
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence