GG: n S: http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/guide/carbuncles-causes-treatments (last access: 13 September 2015); https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000825.htm (last access: 13 September 2015); DORLAND p. 99. N: 1. early 13c., “fiery jewel,” from Old North French carbuncle (Old French charbocle, charboncle) “carbuncle-stone,” also “carbuncle, boil,” from Latin carbunculus “red gem,” also “red, inflamed spot,” literally “a little coal,”
GC: adj S: WHO – http://www.who.int/cancer/prevention/en/ (last access: 21 September 2016); http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2016/08/15/17-carcinogenic-foods-you-probably-eat-every-day/ (last access: 21 September 2016). N: 1. 1926, from carcinogen (“cancer-causing substance,” 1853, from carcinoma + -gen) + -ic (Middle English -ik, -ick, word-forming element making adjectives, “having to do with, having the nature of, being, made of,
GC: n S: http://www.webmd.com/cancer/what-is-carcinoma (last access: 1 March 2015); DORLAND pp. 290-293. N: 1. “malignant tumor,” 1721, from Latin carcinoma, from Greek karkinoma “a cancer,” from karkinos “cancer,” literally “crab” (see cancer) + -oma (word-forming element, from Greek -oma, with lengthened stem vowel + -ma, suffix forming neuter nouns and
GC: n S: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003419.htm (last access: 21 September 2015); http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/cardiac-catheterization (last access: 21 September 2015). N: 1. cardiac (adj): c. 1600, from French cardiaque (14c.) or directly from Latin cardiacus, from Greek kardiakos “pertaining to the heart,” from kardia “heart,” from PIE root *kerd- “heart”. Cardiac arrest is attested from
GC: adj S: http://www.starwest-botanicals.com/content/carminative_herbs.html (last access: 16 July 2016); http://www.healthy.net/scr/article.aspx?Id=1471 (last access: 16 July 2016). N: 1. early 15c., from Latin carminat- (past participle stem of carminare “to card,” from carmen, genitive carminis, “a card for wool or flax,” which is related to carrere “to card;” + -ive. As a
GC: n S: WHO – http://apps.who.int/rhl/newborn/reviews/cd000950/en/index.html (last access: 26 October 2016); NIH – https://goo.gl/ivVZry (last access: 21 October 2016 ); PMC – https://goo.gl/6MitLp (last access: 21 October 2016). N: 1. Its name is derived from the Latin carnus (flesh), as the compound was isolated from meat. 2. Substance that helps
GC: n S: CDC – https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson1/section10.html (last access: 15 May 2021); NHS – https://www.sath.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/C-diff-Carrier-Leaflet.pdf (last access: 15 May 2021). N: 1. late 14c., “one who or that which conveys,” agent noun from carry (v.). Meaning “person or animal that carries and disseminates infection without suffering obvious disease” is from 1899; genetic sense
GC: n S: DORLAND p. 302; MN – http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/hp.asp (last access: 29 November 2014); accessmedicine – http://www.accessmedicine.com/features.aspx N: 1. early 15c., castracioun, from Latin castrationem (nominative castratio), noun of action from past participle stem of castrare “to castrate, emasculate,” supposedly from a noun *castrum “knife, instrument that cuts,” from PIE
GC: n S: KH – https://bit.ly/2BebxG1 (last access: 17 November 2018); SD – https://bit.ly/2Q28WH7 (last access: 17 November 2018). N: 1. – CAT (acron): 1975, medical acronym for computerized axial tomography or something like it. Related: CAT scan. – scan (n): 1706, “close investigation,” from scan (v.). Meaning “act of
GC: n S: BIOCHEMC – http://www.worthington-biochem.com/ctl/default.html (last access: 26 October 2017); PDB – http://pdb101.rcsb.org/motm/57 (last access: 26 October 2017). N: 1. Comes from Latinized form of Greek katalysis “dissolution, a dissolving” (substances, military governments, etc.), from katalyein “to dissolve,” and from kata “down”. 2. Catalase is a red crystalline enzyme
GC: n S: NHS – http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Catarrh/Pages/Introduction.aspx (last access: 21 April 2017); WebMD – http://www.webmd.boots.com/cold-and-flu/cold-guide/catarrh-nasal-congestion (last access: 21 April 2017). N: 1. Late 14c., from Medieval Latin catarrus, from Late Latin catarrhus, from Greek katarrhous “a catarrh, a head cold,” literally “a flowing down,” earlier kata rrhoos, ultimately from kata “down”
GC: n S: http://www.news-medical.net/health/What-is-Catheter.aspx (last access: 21 September 2015); NIH – https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003981.htm (last access: 21 September 2015). N: 1. c.1600, from French cathéter, from Late Latin catheter “a catheter,” from Greek katheter “surgical catheter,” literally “anything let down,” from stem of kathienai “to let down, thrust in,” from kata “down”
GC: n S: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/%28ISSN%291522-726X (last access: 3 September 2014); NAVARRO p. 163. N: 1. From “catheter” (n.): c.1600, from French cathéter, from Late Latin catheter “a catheter,” from Greek katheter “surgical catheter,” literally “anything let down,” from stem of kathienai “to let down, thrust in,” from kata “down” (see cata-)
GC: n S: EC – http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/projects/civilian-ceasefire-monitoring-mechanisms_en (last access: 4 November 2015); UN – http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38498#.Vjxwg7cvfcs (last access: 6 November 2015). N: 1. Also cease-fire, “a cessation of shooting,” 1916, from verbal phrase cease fire, 1847 as a military command (formerly also signaled by bugles), from cease (v.) + fire (n.) in
GC: n S: http://www.lifetechnologies.com/es/en/home/references/gibco-cell-culture-basics/cell-lines.html (last access: 31 July 2015); http://www.lgcstandards-atcc.org/Products/Cells%20and%20Microorganisms/Cell%20Lines.aspx?geo_country=es (last access: 31 July 2015). N: 1. cell (n): early 12c., “small monastery, subordinate monastery” (from Medieval Latin in this sense), later “small room for a monk or a nun in a monastic establishment; a hermit’s dwelling” (c. 1300), from
GC: n S: http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/articles/human-cell-strains-vaccine-development (last access: 31 July 2015); http://www.fisher.co.uk/index.php/en/technical-support?catid=2&view=faq&faqid=32 (last access: 31 July 2015); N: 1. – cell (n): early 12c., “small monastery, subordinate monastery” (from Medieval Latin in this sense), later “small room for a monk or a nun in a monastic establishment; a hermit’s dwelling” (c. 1300),
GC: n S: ATMPH – https://goo.gl/MZr1t0 (last access: 4 November 2016); NMN – http://www.news-medical.net/health/Cervical-Cancer-Epidemiology.aspx (last access: 4 November 2016). N: 1. cervical (n): Early 15c., “ligament in the neck,” from Latin cervix “the neck, nape of the neck,” from PIE *kerw-o-, from root *ker- “horn, head”. Applied to various neck-like
GC: n S: NCBI – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22712372/ (last access: 5 October 2022); Springer – https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02852995 (last access: 5 October 2022). N: 1. From Latin cervico- + Greek odynē, pain. 2. Discomfort or more intense forms of pain that are localized to the cervical region. This term generally refers to pain in
GC: n S: HMS – http://cort.as/nCi2 (last access: 18 October 2016); MEDLP – http://cort.as/nCi3 (last access: 16 October 2016). N: 1. “Caesarean”: 1923, shortening of Caesarian section (1610s); supposedly from Caius Julius Caesar, who was said to have been delivered surgically, thus legend traces his cognomen to Latin caesus past participle of caedere “to cut”.
GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs340/en/ (last access: 19 November 2013); CDC – http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/chagas/ (last access: 2 May 2016). N: 1. Infection with the flagellate protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. It is transmitted to humans by bloodsucking reduviid bugs and is endemic in most rural areas of Central and South America. The
GC: n S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK499889/ (last access: 29 November 2019); MEDLP – https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001006.htm (last access: 29 November 2019). N: 1. small tumor in the eyelid, 1708, from Greek khalazion, diminutive of khalaza “hail, hailstone; small lump or knot; pimple,” from PIE root *gheled- “hail.” 2. An eyelid mass that