what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to be a matter of life or death
preference; priority; precedence
ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience
to talk to oneself; to mutter
patient's condition; pathology
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
labored breathing; laboured breathing; dyspnea; dyspnoea
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2, etc.); ejection
within the blood; blood-borne
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
choice; selection; pickup (phonograph); stylus bar; pickup truck; pickup
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to be too numerous; to be too much
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
not worth considering; out of the question
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
medical care; medical treatment
pale; pallid; bluish-white
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
absorption; suction; aspiration; attraction; draw
condition; state (of health); appearance
to become better; to improve
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate