GC: n S: SDir – http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038092X1300529X (last access: 26 October 2013); RESG – https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274391519_ADSORPTION (last access: 4 March 2020). N: 1. adsorption, capability of all solid substances to attract to their surfaces molecules of gases or solutions with which they are in contact. Solids that are used to adsorb gases or

GC: S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10620433/ (last access: 14 August 2024); CDC – https://www.cdc.gov/mosquitoes/php/toolkit/potential-range-of-aedes.html (last access: 14 August 2024). N: 1. Aedes aegypti (/ˈiːdiːz/ from Greek αηδής: “hateful” and /aɪˈdʒɛpti/ from Latin, meaning “of Egypt”). In 1757, Fredrik Hasselqvist (a protégé of Carl Linnaeus) first described a mosquito collected in Egypt

Aedes albopictus or mosquito tiger: please see Stegomyia albopicta.

GC: n S: Springer – https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-019-3317-y (last access: 17 August 2024); ECDC – https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/disease-vectors/facts/mosquito-factsheets/aedes-japonicus (last access: 17 August 2024). N: 1. From genus Aedes ((/ˈiːdiːz/ from Greek αηδής: “hateful”) and japonicus (“of Japan”). Taxonomy or Scientific Classification: Domain: Eukaryota. Kingdom: Animalia. Phylum: Arthropoda. Class: insecta. Order: Diptera. Family: Culicidae. Genus:

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/globalchange/summary/en/index6.html (last access: 25 November 2016); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2975603/ (last access: 25 November 2016) N: 1. From aero (word-forming element meaning “air, atmosphere; gases,” in 20c. use with reference to aircraft or aviation, from Greek aer (genitive aeros) “air, lower atmosphere” and allergen (noun al·ler·gen

GC: n S: GCG – http://antoine.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/senese/searchglossary.cgi?query=AEROSOL&shtml=%2Fchem%2Fsenese%2F101%2Fglossary.shtml (last access: 29 October 2014); http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11640&page=21 (last access: 29 October 2014). N: 1. First used in 1919. From aero- “air” and first syllable in solution. A term in physics; modern commercial application is from 1940s. 2. A colloid system in which solid or liquid

GC: n S: HK Red Cross – http://bit.do/ezUbn (last access: 31 October 2018); IOM – http://bit.do/ezUdR (last access: 31 October 2018). N: 1. – affected (adj): “artificially displayed,” 1580s, past participle adjective from affect (“to make a pretense of,” 1660s, earlier “to assume the character of someone, 1590s) “make a

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs259/en/ (last access: 31st July 2014); WebMD – http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/trypanosomiasis#1 (last access: 16 November 2016). N: 1. Sleeping sickness, also called African trypanosomiasis, infection from the flagellate protozoan Trypanosoma brucei gambiense or the closely related subspecies T. brucei rhodesiense, transmitted by the tsetse fly. 2. Sleeping

GC: n S: COCHRANE – https://bit.ly/2RYe3pg (last access: 14 November 2018); StVinPriHos – https://bit.ly/2FuBpBv (last access: 15 November 2018). N: 1. From after (Old English æfter “behind; later in time” (adv.); “behind in place; later than in time; in pursuit, following with intent to overtake” (prep.), from of “off” +

GC: n S: http://scedc.caltech.edu/Module/shockmod.html (last access: 22 July 2016); https://www2.usgs.gov/faq/categories/9827/3346 (last access: 22 July 2016); http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/glossary/?term=aftershocks (last access: 22 July 2016). N: 1. also after-shock, 1894, from after (Old English æfter “after, next, throughout, following in time, later,” from Old English of “off” + -ter, a comparative suffix; thus the

GC: n S: UN –  https://www.un.org/es/desa/taking-stand-against-ageism (last access: 19 December 2023); APA –https://www.apa.org/monitor/2023/03/cover-new-concept-of-aging (last access: 19 December 2023). N: 1. Neologism created from age (n.), late 13c., “long but indefinite period in human history,” from Old French aage, eage (12c., Modern French âge) ‘age; life, lifetime, lifespan; maturity,’ earlier edage

GC: n S: MN – http://www.medicinenet.com/taste_disorders/article.htm (last access: 11 November 2016); MD – http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/861242-overview (last access: 11 November 2016). N:1. Early 19th century; earliest use found in John Mason Good (1764–1827), physician and surgeon. From scientific Latin ageusia from a- + ancient Greek γεῦσις sense of taste + scientific Latin

See algophobia

GC: n S: ADAA – https://www.adaa.org/understanding-anxiety/panic-disorder-agoraphobia (last access: 7 November 2016); NHS – http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Agoraphobia/Pages/Introduction.aspx (last access: 11 November 2016). N: 1. From Greek agora: open space + –phobia that is fear. 2. An intense fear of being in open places or in situations where it may be hard to escape,

GC: n S: FAO – http://www.fao.org/home/en/ (last access: 27 September 2015); http://www.cropsreview.com/what-is-agriculture.html (last access: 27 September 2015). N: 1. Late Middle English: from Latin agricultura, from ager, agr- ‘field’ + cultura ‘growing, cultivation’. 2. The science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops

GC: n S: http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/hiv-select-committee/news/hiv-and-aids-public-health-minister-questioned/ (last access: 9 September 2013); http://www.aids.org/ (last access: 9 September 2014). N: 1. AIDS, byname of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, transmissible disease of the immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV is a lentivirus (literally meaning “slow virus”; a member of the retrovirus family)

GC: n S: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/np50123a006 (last access: 10 October 2015); http://www.austincc.edu/microbio/2704q/hiv (last access: 10 October 2015); NAVARRO p. 30. N: S: SYN: Antiretroviral Agents S: https://aidsinfo.nih.gov/guidelines (last access: 10 October 2015) CR: AIDS

GC: n S: http://www.liebertpub.com/overview/aids-patient-care-and-stds/1/ (last access: 26 September 2015); TERMIUMPLUS; GDT. N: An AIDS patient is not to be called a “victim” or a “sufferer,” according to the lexicon approved by a World Health Organization conference. Instead, he is a “person with AIDS.” … The preferred usage then became the

GC: n S: MedicineNet.com – http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=10924 (last access: 28 December 2015); NCBI – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1974727 (last access: 28 December 2015). N: 1. Abbreviation: ARC. 2. AIDS-related complex: A term used in the early years of the AIDS epidemic to describe people with HIV infection who had only mild symptoms of illness,

See Sierterm: https://sierterm.es/content/air-pollution/?lang=en

GC: nf S: FAO – http://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=US19750011310 (last access: 26 October 2016); AMINO – http://www.aminoacidsguide.com/Ala.html (last access: 26 October 2016). N: 1. From German Alanin, irregular from Aldehyd aldehyde. First Known Use: 1850. A simple nonessential crystalline amino acid C3H7NO2 formed especially by the hydrolysis of proteins—abbreviation Ala. 2. Alanine is

GC: n S: PMH – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMHT0008843/?report=details (last access: 4th November 2013); http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/meds/a610019.html (last access: 1st September 2014). N: 1. Albendazole is a type of medication also called a broad spectrum vermifuge oranthelmintic. This means it can treat many types of infections with worms, such as pinworms, flatworms, some roundworms, and

GC: n S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6909900 (last access: 9 February 2018); MDLP – https://medlineplus.gov/alcoholismandalcoholabuse.html (last access: 9 February 2018). N: 1. “disease of alcohol addiction,” by 1882, from alcohol + -ism, or else from Modern Latin alcoholismus, coined in 1852 by Swedish professor of medicine Magnus Huss to mean what we

GC: n S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1172/ (last access: 20 March 2017); NIH – https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/alexander-disease (last access: 20 March 2017). N: 1. – Alexander (pn): Alexander disease is named after the physician who first described the condition in 1949 (WS Alexander) – disease (n): Early 14c., from Old French desaise (‘discomfort,