GC: n

S: WHO – http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/polio/en/ (last access: 21 November 2013); http://www.who.int/dracunculiasis/eradication/en/ (last access: 11 October 2015).

N: 1. early 15c., from Latin eradicationem (nominative eradicatio), noun of action from past participle stem of eradicare “root out, extirpate, annihilate,” from ex- “out” (see ex-) + radix (genitive radicis) “root” (see radish).
2. The total elimination of an endemic disease or of the vector of such disease.

S: 1. OED – http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=eradication&searchmode=none (last access: 3 September 2014). 2. TERMIUM PLUS (last access: 3 September 2014).

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CR: disease