GC: n S: AI – http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/MDE24/067/2012/en/2fcc3f25-7412-45a5-bccd-3d2a4f8b6c66/mde240672012en.html (last access: 9 December 2014); ICRC – https://www.icrc.org/ihl/WebART/470-750064?OpenDocument (last access: 9 December 2014). N: 1. civilian (adj.): late 14c., ‘judge or authority on civil law,’ from Old French civilien ‘of the civil law,’ created from Latin civilis ‘relating to a citizen, relating to public
GC n S: GCH – http://www.generalchemical.com/Water-clarification.html (last access: 4 December 2013); http://www.h2ou.com/h2trtmntstages.htm (last access: & July 2015). N: 1. 1610s, “act of clearing or refining” (especially of liquid substances), from French clarification, from Late Latin clarificationem (nominative clarificatio), noun of action from past participle stem of clarificare (see clarify). The
GC: S: WOAH – https://www.woah.org/en/disease/classical-swine-fever/ (last access: 19 October 2024); CDC – https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/4/17-1319_article (last access: 19 October 2024). N: 1. – classical (adj): 1590s, “of the highest rank” (originally in literature), from “classic” + “-al” (1). Classical music (1836) was defined originally against romantic music. – swine (n): Old English
GC: n S: NHS – http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/claustrophobia/Pages/Introduction.aspx (last access: 28 November 2016); https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/claustrophobia (last access: 28 November 2016). N: 1. “morbid fear of being shut up in a confined space,” coined 1879 (in article by Italian-born, French-naturalized Swiss-English physician Dr. Benjamin Ball (1834-1892)) from Latin claustrum “a bolt, a means of
GC: n S: http://reliefweb.int/report/afghanistan/drought-and-humanitarian-crisis-central-and-southwest-asia-climate-perspective (last access: 17 July 2016 ); http://drought.unl.edu/DroughtBasics/WhatisClimatology.aspx (last access: 17 July 2016). N: 1. “scientific study of climates,” 1803, from climate (late 14c., “horizontal zone of the earth,” Scottish, from Old French climat “region, part of the earth,” from Latin clima (genitive climatis) “region; slope of
GC: n S: http://vrfoundation.org/education/newsroom/climatotherapy-for-vitiligo-our-research-continues (last access: 19 July 2016); http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18755366 (last access: 19 July 2016); http://www.thermalsprings.gr/index.php/en/therapies/climatotherapy (last access: 19 July 2016). N: 1. International Scientific Vocabulary climat- (from Late Latin climat-, clima climate) + -o- + therapy: treatment of disease by means of residence in a suitable climate. 2. Use
GC: n S: NIH – https://ocreco.od.nih.gov/courses/principles-clinical-pharmacology.html (last access: 19 January 2025); SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/clinical-pharmacology (last access: 19 January 2025). N: 1. – clinical (adj): 1780, “pertaining to hospital patients or hospital care,” from “clinic” + “-al” (2). Meaning “coldly dispassionate” (like a medical report) is recorded from 1928. The earlier
GC: n S: https://www.accp.com/about/clinicalpharmacydefined.aspx (last access: 28 July 2015); http://www.escpweb.org/cms/clinical_pharmacy (last access: 28 July 2015). N: 1. Clinical Pharmacy is a health science discipline in which pharmacists provide patient care that optimizes medication therapy and promotes health, wellness, and disease prevention. The practice of clinical pharmacy embraces the philosophy of
GC: n S: CDC – http://www.cdc.gov/fungal/diseases/coccidioidomycosis/ (last access: 18 November 2014); MEDLP – http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001322.htm (last access: 18 November 2014). N: 1. From new Latin, Coccidioides, genus of fungi (from coccidium) + mycosis from Greek mykes “fungus, mushroom” and -osis from Greek, word-forming element expressing state or condition. First known use
GC: n S: http://schoolworkhelper.net/bacteria-bacilli-spirilla-cocci/ (last access: 25 June 2016); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=538669 (last access: 1 November 2019). N: 1. From New Latin, from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”). 2. Coccus, plural Cocci, in microbiology, a spherical-shaped bacterium. Many species of bacteria have characteristic arrangements that are useful in identification.
GC: n S: CDC – http://www.cdc.gov/getsmart/antibiotic-use/uri/colds.html (last access: 27 November 2014); ND – http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/colds.htm (last access: 27 November 2014); DORLAND p. 383. N: 1. cold (n): c.1300, “coldness,” from cold (adj). Sense in common cold is 1530s, from symptoms resembling those of exposure to cold; compare earlier senses “indisposition caused
GC: n S: SPRING – https://bit.ly/32z9bg8 (last access: 19 October 2019); GEOSCI – https://bit.ly/31ucsf0 (last access: 19 October 2019). N: 1. – cold (adj): Old English cald (Anglian), ceald (West Saxon) “producing strongly the sensation which results when the temperature of the skin is lowered,” also “having a low temperature,”
GC: n S: http://reliefweb.int/disaster/cw-2015-000002-lbn (last access: 21 July 2016; ESS – http://www.ess.uci.edu/~yu/class/ess124/Lecture.14.coldwave.all.pdf (last access: 21 July 2016). N: 1. cold (n): c. 1300, “coldness,” from cold (adj.). Sense in common cold is 1530s, from symptoms resembling those of exposure to cold; compare earlier senses “indisposition caused by exposure to cold”
GC: n S: http://www.caritasindia.org/index.php/network/collaborators/donors/78-national-news/440-eu-humanitarian-aid-volunteers-launched-to-manage-disasters (last access: 23 August 2016); http://www.ngocentre.org.vn/jobs/volunteers-collaborators (last access: 23 August 2016). N: 1. 1802, from French collaborateur, from Latin collaboratus, past participle of collaborare “work with,” from com- “with” + labore “to work”. 2. A person who works with another person or group in order to
GC: n S: AANS – http://www.aans.org/Patient%20Information/Conditions%20and%20Treatments/Vertebral%20Compression%20Fractures.aspx (last access: 8 December 2013); DORLAND. N: 1. collapse (n.): 1801, from collapse (v.). collapse (v.): 1732, from Latin collapsus, past participle of collabi “fall together,” from com- “together” (see com-) + labi “to fall, slip” (see lapse (n.)). The adjective collapsed is attested
GC: n S: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+CRE+20030312+ITEMS+DOC+XML+V0//EN&language=EN (last access: 6 March 2013) N: 1. Injury inflicted on something other than an intended target; specifically : civilian casualties of a military operation. First Known Use: 1972. 2. Cultural Interrelation: We can mention the movie Collateral Damage (2002) by Andrew Davis. S: 1. MW –
GC: n S: WebMD – http://www.webmd.com/colorectal-cancer/colonoscopy-16695 (last access: 3 August 2017); MedicineNet.com – http://www.medicinenet.com/colonoscopy/article.htm (last access: 3 August 2017). N: 1. by 1902 (earlier procto-colonoscopy, 1896; colonoscope attested from 1884), from colon (“large intestine,” late 14c., from Latinized form of Greek kolon, with a short initial -o-, “large intestine,” which