epidural anaesthesia; epidural anesthesia
win worth 12000 points (or, if dealer, 18000 points)
oppressive pain; tenderness; pressure pain
strangulation; constriction; entrapment
intravenous injection; IV
difficult, dirty, and dangerous (work); apartment with three bedrooms and a kitchen
laparotomy (abdominal surgery)
helping a long-term employee to establish a branch of the same shop
Okinawan lion (or lion dog) statue placed as talisman against evil at entrances and on roofs
extra charge; specially reduced charge
doctor working in a hospital; physician working in public practice
neophyte; new monk (or nun); new convert (to Buddhism)
branch (of an institution); branch hospital; branch temple
operating field; operative field; surgical field
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
this institution; the main institution
ascites; abdominal dropsy
liquid; beverage; food with high water content; gamble; uncertain affair
preoperative (preparation, diagnosis, etc.)
tweezers (esp. in a medical or laboratory setting); forceps
list or table of charges; tariff; price list
anesthesiologist; anaesthesiologist; anesthetist; anaesthetist