(UK) A note from a doctor certifying the patient is ill, and therefore unable to go to work, school etc. / (UK, idiomatic) Someone who dodges work because of (feigned) illness.

A system used by dentists for associating information with a specific tooth.

Alternative form of the apple does not fall far from the tree

Alternative form of the apple does not fall far from the tree

(informal) Very little space (available) (of a very small room).

(idiomatic) at the last possible moment; just in time / (idiomatic) after an undesirable delay; undesirably late

(business, engineering, idiomatic) Invented outside one's own organization (referring to the knee-jerk dismissal of products, technologies, etc. that come from third parties).

(idiomatic) Not at all, not in the slightest

There is nothing truly novel in existence; every new idea has some sort of precedent or echo from the past.

To write down, especially hurriedly; to make a note of.