GC: n S: https://www.xojane.com/issues/i-am-not-a-person-with-a-disability-i-am-a-disabled-person (last access: 27 February 2018); http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/disabled-tube-underground-public-transport-train-rude-disability-escalator-uk-a8225716.html (last access: 27 February 2018). N: 1. – disabled (adj): “incapacitated,” 1630s, past-participle adjective from disable. Earlier it meant “legally disqualified” (mid-15c.). – person (n): early 13c., from Old French persone “human being, anyone, person” (12c., Modern French personne) and
GC: n S: UNISDR – https://bit.ly/2SrFxqY (last access: 3 February 2019); ARC – https://rdcrss.org/2t2K1WX (last access: 18 September 2017). N: 1. 1590s, from Middle French désastre (1560s), from Italian disastro “ill-starred,” from dis-, here merely pejorative + astro “star, planet,” from Latin astrum, from Greek astron “star” (from PIE root
GC: n S: http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/drr/ (last access: 3 September 2014); http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2008:0127:FIN:EN:PDF (last access:3 September 2014) N: The European Union (EU) supports the integration of disaster risk reduction (DRR) among the political objectives of developing countries. These countries are particularly vulnerable on account of their geographical and economic situation and their level
GC: npl S: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001437.html (last access: 12 April 2013); http://www.wvi.org/disaster-management/what-humanitarian-disaster (last access: 3 September 2014); http://www.un.org/en/globalissues/humanitarian/ (last access: 3 September 2014). N: disaster (n): something (such as a flood, tornado, fire, plane crash, etc.) that happens suddenly and causes much suffering or loss to many people. something that has a
GC: n S: CL – https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD000313.pub4/full (last access: 20 April 2021); WOL – https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1532-5415.1994.tb01750.x (last access: 20 April 2021). N: 1. Late 14c., “relief from misfortune”. Meaning “release from work or duty” is from early 15c. Meaning “act of sending out or pouring forth” is from c. 1600; sense of
GC: n S: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11761578 (last access: 23 May 2015) N: 1. From discredit (v.): 1550s, from dis- “opposite of” + credit (v.). Related: Discredited; discrediting; discreditable; discreditably. First Known Use of discredit: 1559. 2. to refuse to accept as true or accurate: disbelieve “discredit a rumor”; to cause disbelief in
GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/zoonoses/diseases/en/ (last access: 29 October 2016); Mednet – http://www.medicinenet.com/diseases_and_conditions/alpha_a.htm (last access: 19 January 2016). N: 1. early 14c., “discomfort, inconvenience,” from Old French desaise “lack, want; discomfort, distress; trouble, misfortune; disease, sickness,” from des- “without, away” (see dis-) + aise “ease” (see ease). Sense of
GC: n S: CDC – http://www.cdc.gov/hicpac/pdf/guidelines/Disinfection_Nov_2008.pdf. pg.8 (last access: 26 November 2013); WHO – https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/cleaning-and-disinfection-of-environmental-surfaces-inthe-context-of-covid-19 (last access: 30 October 2020). N: 1. First known use of disinfection: 1722. 2. Disinfection describes a process that eliminates many or all pathogenic microorganisms, except bacterial spores, on inanimate objects. In health-care settings, objects
GC: n S: https://www.mentalhelp.net/articles/medical-disorders/ (last access: 6 May 2016); http://www.anosmiafoundation.com/research.shtml (last access: 30 October 2016). N: 1. 1520s, from the verb disorder (late 15c., from dis- “not” + the verb order (v.). Replaced earlier disordeine (mid-14c.), from Old French desordainer, from Medieval Latin disordinare “throw into disorder,” from Latin ordinare
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GC: n S: UNESCO – https://bit.ly/2Afhjqk (last access: 26 April 2017); NRC – https://bit.ly/2qK3vvG (last access: 9 January 2019). N: 1. – displaced (adj): Past participle from verb to displace: 1550s, from Middle French desplacer (15c.), from des– + placer “to place.” Related: Displaced; displacing. Displaced person “refugee” is from
GC: n S: Teruya, J. – https://link-springer-com.ezproxy.universidadeuropea.es/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-319-30726-8.pdf (last access: 16 April 2021); NIH – https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/disseminated-intravascular-coagulation (last access: 2 August 2021). N: 1. – disseminated (v.): c. 1600, “to scatter or sow for propagation,” from Latin disseminatus, past participle of disseminare “to spread abroad, disseminate,” from dis- “in every direction”. –
GC: n S: WHO – https://goo.gl/LJVYVF (last access: 18 November 2016); MNT – https://goo.gl/WtMpaJ (last access: 18 November 2016). N: 1. From dizzy, Old English dysig “foolish, stupid,” from Proto-Germanic dusijaz (source also of Low German düsig “dizzy,” Dutch duizelen “to be dizzy,” Old High German dusig “foolish,” German Tor
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GC: n S: http://www.biologyreference.com/Dn-Ep/DNA-Viruses.html (last access: 31 May 2016); http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK21523/ (last access: 31 May 2016). N: 1. DNA (n): 1944, abbreviation of deoxyribonucleic acid (1931). virus (n): Late 14c., “venomous substance,” from Latin virus “poison, sap of plants, slimy liquid, a potent juice. Main modern meaning “agent that causes infectious
GC: n S: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/07/150710-dog-days-summer-sirius-star-astronomy-weather-language/ (last access: 31 December 2015); http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-video/video-dog-days-of-summer/1076971271001 (last access: 31 December 2015). N: 1. 1530s, from Latin dies caniculares, from Greek; so called because they occur around the time of the heliacal rising of Sirius, the Dog Star (kyon seirios). Noted as the hottest and most unwholesome
GC: n S: UNHCR – https://bit.ly/2VI9nXg; https://bit.ly/2M6rC41 (last access: 3 November 2016); LawCorn – https://bit.ly/2RkV5xa (last access: 3 November 2016). N: 1. early 15c., from Old French donacion (13c.), from Latin donationem (nominative donatio) “a presenting, giving,” noun of action from past participle stem of donare “give as a gift,”
GC: n. S: Nasa – https://goo.gl/y38E53 (last access: 9 November 2016). Brighthub – https://goo.gl/uzjUWb (last access: 9 November 2016). PCR – https://goo.gl/wtUHXi (last access: 4 November 2016). N: 1. Doppler effect is an eponymous created form the Austrian mathematician and physicist Christian Doppler (1803 – 1853) 2. Because the speed
GC: n S: FetalMed – https://goo.gl/r2iri5 (last access: 4 December 2017); NYTIMES – https://goo.gl/84xDUF (last access: 4 December 2017); WebMD – https://goo.gl/JE9XCJ (last access: 4 December 2017). N: 1. – Doppler (pn): Eponym that makes reference to Christian Doppler (1803-1853), an Austrian scientist who, in 1842, explained the effect of