GC: n S: http://www.researchgate.net/publication/233605314_The_effect_of_defoliation_environment_on_primary_growth_allocation_and_secondary_tiller_recruitment_of_two_bunchgrasses (last access: 13 July 2015); http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/83/4/423 (last access: 13 July 2015). N: 1. 1650s, noun of action from past participle stem of Late Latin defoliare “shed leaves,” from de- (see de-) + folium “leaf” (see folio). 2. Normal or pathological loss of leaves.The term “defoliation” can

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

GC: n S: NIMH – http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/schizophrenia/index.shtml (last access: 21 November 2014); DORLAND p. 484. N: 1. “act of misleading someone,” early 15c.; as a form of mental derangement, 1550s, from Latin delusionem (nominative delusio) “a deceiving,” noun of action from past participle stem of deludere 2. The Online Etymology Dictionary

GC: n S: The Guardian – https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/oct/25/the-dementia-that-can-be-cured (last access: 1 November 2020);  HLN – https://www.healthline.com/health/dementia (last access: 5 November 2020). N: 1. It was first recorded in 1806, comes from the Latin word dementia which means “madness, insanity”, literally “a being out of one’s mind”. It existed an earlier Englished form

GC: n S: Alz.org – https://www.alz.org/alzheimers-dementia/what-is-dementia/types-of-dementia/dementia-with-lewy-bodies (last access: 22 July 2023); Camb Univ Press – https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/dementia-with-lewy-bodies/0A3361403734F9E64715C2EE15038E01 (last access: 22 July 2023). N: 1. – dementia (n): “extremely low condition of mental function, mental incapacity,” 1806, from Latin dementia “madness, insanity,” literally “a being out of one’s mind,” from dement–, stem

GC: n S: UN – https://peacekeeping.un.org/sites/default/files/past/unmop_r.htm (last access: 7 June 2024); ICRC – https://casebook.icrc.org/a_to_z/glossary/demilitarized-zones (last access: 7 June 2024). N: 1. – demilitarized (adj): From the past participle of verb demilitarize also demilitarise; “remove military organization from,” 1869, see de- + militarize. Demilitarized zone attested by 1921 (the Versailles Treaty

GC: n S: http://water.me.vccs.edu/courses/ENV115/lesson11.htm (last access: 11 December 2013); http://www.rwlwater.com/demineralization/ (last access: 27 July 2015). N: 1. The reduction of the content of dissolved salts or inorganic substances in water by a physical, chemical or biological process. (Definition standardized by ISO). 2. demineralization: term standardized by ISO. 3. Ion exchange

GC: n S: WHO – https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/dengue-and-severe-dengue (last access: 22 September 2024); CDC – https://www.cdc.gov/dengue/es/index.html (last access: 22 September 2024). N: 1. 1828, from West Indian Spanish dengue, from an African source, perhaps Swahili dinga “seizure, cramp,” form influenced by Spanish dengue “prudery” (perhaps because sufferers walk stiffly and erect due

GC: n S: WHO – https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2023-DON498 (last access: 22 September 2024); CDC – https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/2024/han00511.asp (last access: 22 September 2024). N: 1. – dengue (n). 1828, from West Indian Spanish dengue, from an African source, perhaps Swahili dinga “seizure, cramp,” form influenced by Spanish dengue “prudery” (perhaps because sufferers walk stiffly

GC: n S: ICRC – https://bit.ly/2AYpJ5z (last access: 11 November 2018); UCIS – https://bit.ly/2zcxeF1 (last access: 11 November 2018); CAIRN – https://bit.ly/2PZ4Tvv (last access: 11 November 2018). N: 1. Early 15c., denunciacioun, “act of declaring or stating something” (a sense now obsolete), from Latin denunciacionem / denuntiationem (nominative denuntiatio), noun

GC: n S: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0010/001089/108933e.pdf (last access: 12 April 2013); http://citation.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/3/1/4/1/7/p314179_index.html?phpsessid=9f10e6d0507ba440edcb659023928a84 (last access: 3 September 2014). N: science of moral duty, 1826, from Greek deont-, comb. form of deon “that which is binding, duty,” neuter present participle of dei “is binding;” + -ology. Said to have been coined by Bentham. Related:

See DNA

GC: n S: USAGov – https://bit.ly/1jvrprB (last access: 17 February 2017); FL – https://bit.ly/2EpaAsC (last access: 17 February 2017). N: 1. 1590s, from Middle French déportation, from Latin deporationem (nominative deportatio), noun of action from past participle stem of deportare. 2. The lawful removal from a country of a prohibited

See deportee

GC: n S: SAB – https://bit.ly/2C8ooIK (last access: 4 March 2017); N – https://bit.ly/2SGgNbI (last access: 4 March 2017). N: 1. – deportee (n): 1895; from “deport” (“banish,” 1640s, from French déporter, from Latin deportare “carry off, transport, banish, exile,” from de- in its sense of “off, away” + portare

GC: n S: UNICEF – http://www.unicef.org/pakistan/reallives_9501.htm (last access: 24 July 2016); UN – http://www.un.org/en/events/desertification_decade/ (last access: 24 July 2016). N: 1. wasteland,” early 13c., from Old French desert (12c.) “desert, wilderness, wasteland; destruction, ruin,” from Late Latin desertum (source of Italian diserto, Old Provençal dezert, Spanish desierto), literally “thing abandoned”

GC: n S: FAO – http://www.fao.org/docrep/V0265E/V0265E00.htm (last access: 7 July 2016); WHO – http://www.who.int/globalchange/ecosystems/desert/en/ (last access: 7 July 2016). N: 1. 1973, from desert (n.1) + -fication. In French, désertisation is attested from 1968. 2. Desertification, also called desertization, the process by which natural or human causes reduce the biological

GC: nf S: ADDC – https://www.addictioncenter.com/treatment/drug-and-alcohol-detox/ (last access: 15 August 2021); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK64115/ (last access: 15 August 2021). N: 1. – detoxification (n): 1905, of substances, “action of depriving of poisonous qualities;” 1971, “removal of addictive substances from the body,” originally in reference to habitual heavy drinkers of alcohol;

GC: n S: http://www.worldhunger.org/development_assistance.htm (last access: 25 April 2013); http://www.isi-web.org/component/content/article/5-root/root/81-developing (last access: 3 September 2014). N: developed country: An industrialized country which customarily is a member of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. Although some world commodity export markets (wheat, corn and some other grains, meat, wool and wood

GC: n S: EC – https://economy-finance.ec.europa.eu/international-economic-relations/international-development-aid_en (last access: 30 June 2024); UN – https://sdgs.un.org/partnerships/humanitarian-aid-and-development-aid-projects-14-countries (last access: 30 June 2024). N: 1. – development (n): 1756, “a gradual unfolding, a full working out or disclosure of the details of something;” see develop + -ment. Meaning “the internal process of expanding and

GC: n S: EC – https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/index_en (last access: 8 June 2024); ILO – https://www.ilo.org/partnering-development/development-cooperation (last access: 8 June 2024). N: 1. – development (n): 1756, “a gradual unfolding, a full working out or disclosure of the details of something;” see develop + -ment. Meaning “the internal process of expanding and

GC: n S: CDC – http://www.cdc.gov/media/presskits/aahd/diabetes.pdf (last access 22 November 2013); OMS – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs312/en/ (last access: 14 June 2015); DORLAND. N: 1. 1560s, from medical Latin diabetes, from late Greek diabetes “excessive discharge of urine” (so named by Aretaeus the Cappadocian, physician of Alexandria, 2c.), literally “a passer-through, siphon,” from

GC: n S: NKF – https://www.kidney.org/atoz/content/dialysisinfo (last access: 13 December 2014). MAYO – http://www.mayoclinic.org/search/search-results?q=dialysis (last access: 13 December 2014). MNT – http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/152902.php (last access: 13 December 2014). KID – http://www.kidney.org.au/ForPatients/Treatmentoptions/tabid/604/Default.aspx (last access: 13 December 2014). N: 1. 1580s, from Latin, from Greek dialysis “dissolution, separation” (of the disbanding of troops,

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/topics/diarrhoea/en/ (last access: 23 May 2015); http://www.medicinenet.com/diarrhea/article.htm (last access: 28 February 2016). N: 1. late 14c., from Old French diarrie, from Late Latin diarrhoea, from Greek diarrhoia “diarrhea” (coined by Hippocrates), literally “a flowing through,” from diarrhein “to flow through,” from dia- “through” (see dia-)