Vocabulary

tiny breasts

skin thickening

brand items; brand-name goods

guide; host

prion

variant Creutzfeld-Jakob disease; vCJD

Creutzfeld-Jakob disease; CJD

Japanese lawsuit involving cases where hospitalized patients contracted Creutzfeld-Jakob disease from infected transplants

myasthenia gravis

postural reflex

landline telephone; fixed-line telephone

respiratory muscles

landline telephone; fixed-line telephone

breathing in (of a foreign body, food, etc.); pulmonary aspiration; mis-swallowing; swallowing down the wrong pipe

beta-amyloid

progeria (disease characterized by symptoms suggestive of premature aging)

progeria (disease characterized by symptoms suggestive of premature aging)

formal name

black stone

white stone

tiepin

commuting to nursery school or kindergarten

string tied across the open chest of a haori

plastic umbrella

acoustic guitar

empty (e.g. intermodal containers in the transport industry)

very small breasts

longitudinal direction

pilot (of a boat)

human leukocyte antigen; HLA

hematopoietic stem cell; haematopoietic stem cell

umbilical cord blood transplant

cautious theory; conservative theory

brain damage

clinical data

cold storage; deep freeze; cryopreservation

head injury

therapeutic hypothermia for brain injury

means of diagnosis

clinical research; clinical study