GC: n S: BBC – http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/6518499.stm (last access: 12 Juny 2017); MEDSCAPE – https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/163751-overview (last access: 7 March 2018). N: 1. – Brugada (pn): Pedro Brugada is a Spanish cardiologist who worked in Belgium. – syndrome (n): “A number of symptoms occurring together,” 1540s, from medical Latin, from Greek syndrome

GC: n S: https://www.bruxism.org.uk/ (last access: 21 January 2016); http://www.webmd.com/oral-health/guide/teeth-grinding-bruxism (last access: 21 January 2016). N: 1. “grinding the teeth unconsciously,” from Greek ebryxa, aorist root of brykein “to gnash the teeth.” 2. The habit of unconsciously gritting or grinding the teeth esp. in situations of stress or during sleep.

GC: n S: TWoP –  http://www.thewayofthepirates.com/types-of-pirates/buccaneers/ (last access: 3 September 2014); MM – http://www.marinersmuseum.org/blogs/library/?p=1054 (last access: 3 September 2014). N: 1. 1660s, from French boucanier “user of a boucan,” a native grill for roasting meat, from Tupi mukem (rendered in Portuguese as moquem c.1587): “initial b and m are interchangeable

GC: n S: NYTIMES – http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/09/world/middleeast/isis-syria-turkey-border-us.html (last access: 30 October 2014); UNOCHA – http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/ocha_opt_sitrep_01_08_2014.pdf (last access: 4 November 2014) N: 1. – buffer (n): 1835, agent noun from obsolete verb buff “make a dull sound when struck” (mid-16c.), from Old French bufe “a blow, slap, punch”. – zone (n): late

GC: n S: Medonline – http://www.medicineonline.com/articles/H/2/Hyperorexia/Bulimia.html (last access: 30 July 2016); Icd10 – http://www.icd10data.com/ICD10CM/Codes/F01-F99/F50-F59/F50-/F50.2 (last access: 30 July 2016). N: 1. 1976, Modern Latin, from greek boulimia, “ravenous hunger” as a disease, literally “ox-hunger,” from bou-, intensive prefix (originally from bous “ox;” see cow (n.)) + limos “hunger,” from PIE root leie-

GC: n S: http://www.helpguide.org/articles/eating-disorders/bulimia-nervosa.htm (last access: 30 July 2016); https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/bulimia-nervosa last access: 30 July 2016). N: 1. bulimia (n): 1976, Modern Latin, from greek boulimia, “ravenous hunger” as a disease, literally “ox-hunger,” from bou-, intensive prefix (originally from bous “ox;” see cow (n.)) + limos “hunger,” from PIE root leie-

GC: n S: http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=9246&tid=030 (last access: 16 July 2012); http://www.bullying.co.uk/ (last access: 1 September 2014). N: 1. bullying (n.): 1802, verbal noun from bully (v.). bully (v.): 1710, from bully (n.). Related: Bullied; bullying. 2. bullying, intentional harm-doing or harassment that is directed toward vulnerable targets and typically repeated. Bullying

GC: n S: WHO – https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/buruli-ulcer-(mycobacterium-ulcerans-infection) (last access: 22 June 2024); CDC – https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/10/23-0011_article (last access: 22 June 2024). N: – Buruli (prn): Buruli ulcer was first described by Sir Albert Cook in patients from Buruli County in Uganda, and the causative organism was isolated in 1948 by MacCallum in

See SIERTERM: https://sierterm.es/content/butterfly-effect

GC: n S: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15990698 (last access: 27 July 2015); http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/ng/ep3/ep3_region.html (last access: 22 April 2013). N: 1. “bad general state of health,” 1540s, from Latinized form of Greek kakhexia “bad habits,” from kakos “bad” (see caco-) + -exia, related to exis “habit or state,” from exein “to have, be in

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs297/en/ (last access: 1 March 2015); http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cancer.html (last access: 1 March 2015). N: 1. Old English cancer “spreading sore, cancer” (also canceradl), from Latin cancer “a crab,” later, “malignant tumor,” from Greek karkinos, which, like the Modern English word, has three meanings: crab, tumor, and

Cf. carcinogenic

GC: n S: JPGM – http://www.jpgmonline.com/article.asp?issn=0022-3859;year=1978;volume=24;issue=2;spage=68;epage=90;aulast=Kothari (last access: 20 September 2016); JofCanc – http://www.journalofcancerology.com/ (last access: 20 September 2016). N: 1. 1930s; earliest use found in American Speech. From cancer + -ology. Compare French cancérologie. 2. The study of cancerous tumors. 3. The term oncology literally means a branch of

GC: adj S: NPR – http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130754101 (last access: 16 September 2016); Mednet – http://www.medicinenet.com/image-collection/skin_cancer_picture/picture.htm (last access: 16 September 2016). N: 1. 1560s, from cancer (Old English cancer “spreading sore, cancer”, from Latin cancer “a crab,” later, “malignant tumor,” from Greek karkinos, which, like the Modern English word, has three meanings:

GC: n S: WebMD – http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/candidiasis (last access: 31 December 2015); https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/candidiasis/ (last access: 31 December 2015). N: 1. From Candida albicans (from latin candidus, meaning “white” and from latin albicāns, meaning “white”), a polymorphic fungus, that is responsible for a number of infections + -iasis (medical Latin word-forming element

GC: n S: NCBI – https://goo.gl/wLsLlg (last access: 18 November 2016); Psychnet – https://goo.gl/wWpxEN (last access: 18 November 2016); WNMDT – https://goo.gl/3ibwBt (last access: 18 November 2016). N: 1. Capgras (proper noun): From Joseph Capgras (1873-1950), the French psychiatrist who first described “Capgras syndrome”. syndrome (n): “a number of symptoms

GC: n S: HSPH – https://goo.gl/JVyDcg (last access: 7 December 2017); LSC – https://goo.gl/BpZVYL (last access: 7 December 2017). N: 1. From the word-forming element “carbo-” (before vowels carb-, meaning “carbon,” abstracted 1810 from carbon) and the noun “hydrate” (“compound of water and another chemical,” 1802, from French hydrate, coined

See SIERTERM: https://sierterm.es/content/carbon

See SIERTERM: https://sierterm.es/content/carbon-footprint

carbon monoxide or CO. See Sierterm: https://sierterm.es/content/carbon-monoxide/?lang=en

GG: n S: WebMD – http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/guide/carbuncles-causes-treatments (last access: 13 September 2015) NIH – https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000825.htm (last access: 13 September 2015). 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: NIH – https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003419.htm (last access: 21 September 2015); WebMD – 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