GC: n S: Expgerm – https://bit.ly/2Wn94kR (last access: 12 April 2017); TFL – https://bit.ly/2DDqvq1 (last access: 12 April 2017). N: 1. 1888, from expel (late 14c., “cast out,” from Latin expellere “drive out, drive away,” from ex “out” + pellere “to drive”; specific meaning “to eject from a school” is
GC: n S: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/weather-bombs-what-is-explosive-cyclogenesis-and-how-will-it-affect-the-uk-9913027.html (last access: 26 June 2015). N: 1. Extratropical storm development is referred to as cyclogenesis. Rapid extratropical cyclone development, called explosive cyclogenesis, is often associated with major winter storms and occurs when surface pressure falls by more than about 24 millibars per day. 2. A weather
GC: n S: HuminAct – https://bit.ly/2Rojugs (last access: 12 March 2017); The Guardian – https://bit.ly/2RVu0B0 (last access: 12 March 2017). N: 1. c. 1400, from Old French expulsion or directly from Latin expulsionem (nominative expulsio), noun of action from past participle stem of expellere “drive out” (see expel). 2. The
GC: n S: NHS – https://bit.ly/2YvnSPW (last access: 9 December 2019); Medscape – https://bit.ly/2E2JVUC (last access: 9 December 2019). N: 1. – extracorporeal (adj): From word-forming element “extra-” (meaning “outside; beyond the scope of; in addition to what is usual or expected,” in classical Latin recorded only in extraordinarius, but
GC: n S: EuroParl – https://bit.ly/2G0pYRi (last access: 8 March 2017); ODS – https://bit.ly/2DGRQri (last access: 8 March 2017). N: 1. extradited (adj): Past participle from verb extradite. person (n): early 13c., from Old French persone “human being, anyone, person” (12c., Modern French personne) and directly from Latin persona “human
GC: n S: The Guardian – https://bit.ly/2sRjEDk (last access: 8 March 2017); LegisGov – https://bit.ly/2p9XtJf (last access: 8 March 2017). N: 1. 1833, from French extradition (18c.), apparently a coinage of Voltaire’s, from Latin ex “out” + traditionem (nominative traditio) “a delivering up, handing over,” noun of action from tradere
GC: n S: http://www.allaboutvision.com/buysmart/eye-drops.htm (last access: 7 July 2015); DORLAND; NAVARRO p. 355. N: The inherent toxicity of the drug itself, the osmotic pressure, the need for buffering agents, a preservative, and sterilization must be taken into considerations. S: GDT SYN: 1. eyedrops, ophthalmic drops. 2. ophthalmic solution, eye-drop, eyewash,
GC: n S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1421/ (last access: 11 June 2017); SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S135380200400197X (last access: 25 September 2024). N: 1. – Fahr (pn): Karl Theodor Fahr (1877 – 1945) was a German pathologist. – disease (n): Early 14c., from Old French desaise (‘discomfort, inconvenience’), des– (‘dis = without, away’)
GC: adj S: UNICEF – http://www.unicef.org/republicadominicana/english/reallives_16578.htm (last access: 7 June 2015) N: 1. c. 1300, “enfeebled; wearied, exhausted,” from Old French faint, feint “false, deceitful; sham, artificial; weak, faint, lazy, indolent, cowardly,” past participle of feindre “hesitate, falter, be indolent, show weakness, avoid one’s duty by pretending” (see feign). Also
GC: n S: SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S088761850200169X (last access: 24 June 2023); SAGEJ – https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1403494809105026?journalCode=sjpc (last access: 24 June 2023). N: 1. early 14c., “feebleness, weariness,” from faint (adj.) + -ness. Meaning “exhaustion” is mid-15c. Of color, light, etc., from 1640s. also from early 14c. 2. the state or condition of being faint :
GC: n S: FT – https://bit.ly/2HFV0vn (last access: 27 December 2018); (last access: 27 December 2018); UN – https://bit.ly/2RoW0Ms (last access: 27 December 2018). N: 1. – fair (adj): Old English fæger “pleasing to the sight (of persons and body features, also of objects, places, etc.); beautiful, handsome, attractive,” of
GC: n S: https://www.familycarenetwork.com/provider-types/what-is-a-family-physician-md (last access: 17 May 2016); http://www.aafp.org/home.html (last access: 17 May 2016); http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2726108/ (last access: 17 May 2016). N: 1. family (n): early 15c., “servants of a household,” from Latin familia “family servants, domestics collectively, the servants in a household,” thus also “members of a household, the
GC: n S: http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/famine (last access: 3 September 2014); http://eur-lex.europa.eu/budget/data/AP2005_VOL0/EN/Vol0_en.pdf (last access: 12 March 2013); DORLAND. N: 1. mid-14c., from Old French famine “hunger” (12c.), from Vulgar Latin famina, from Latin fames “hunger, starvation, famine,” of unknown origin. 2. Famine refers to an episode of starvation that is attended by
GC: n S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10142171/ (last access: 14 December 2023); WebMD – https://www.webmd.com/obesity/ss/slideshow-fasting-overview (last access: 14 December 2023). N: 1. – fast (n): “act of fasting,” late Old English fæsten “voluntary abstinence from food and drink or from certain kinds of food,” especially, but not necessarily, as a religious
GC: adj S: WHO – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs103/en/ (last access: 6 June 2015); http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1286457914003037 (last access: 6 June 2015). N: 1. late 14c., “decreed by fate,” also “fraught with fate,” from Middle French fatal (14c.) and directly from Latin fatalis “ordained by fate, decreed, destined; destructive, deadly,” from fatum; sense of “causing
GC: n S: MAYO – https://mayocl.in/1JPq7NK (last access: 14 June 2016); MedicineNet.com – https://bit.ly/2S8OaDh (last access: 14 June 2016). N: 1. 1660s, “that which causes weariness,” from French fatigue “weariness,” from fatiguer “to tire” (15c.), from Latin fatigare “to weary, to tire out,” originally “to cause to break down,” from
GC: n S: FAO – http://www.fao.org/docrep/019/i3481e/i3481e.pdf (last access: 1 January 2016); WHO – http://www.who.int/nutrition/topics/complementary_feeding/en/ (last access: 1 January 2016). N: 1. “Act of taking food,” Old English feding, verbal noun from feed (v.). Feeding frenzy is from 1989, metaphoric extension of a phrase that had been used of sharks since
GC: n S: SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/felid (last access: 11 September 2024); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7152389/ (last access: 11 September 2024). N: 1. New Latin Felidae, family name, from Felis, genus of cats, from Latin, cat. First Known Use: circa 1889. 2. felid (noun): cat (sense 1b); felid (adjective). any of a
GC: n S: UNICEF – http://www.unicef.org/protection/57929_58002.html (last access: 14 November 2013); WHO – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs241/en/ (last access: 16 December 2014); https://www.gov.uk/female-genital-mutilation (last access: 17 December 2014). N: 1. . female (n): early 14c., from Old French femelle “woman, female” (12c.), from Medieval Latin femella “a female,” from Latin femella “young female,
GC: n S: BBC – http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/abortion/medical/infanticide_1.shtml (last access: 10 November 2013); http://www2.webster.edu/~woolflm/femaleinfanticide.html (last access: 23 August 2015). N: 1. Female infanticide is the deliberate killing of girl babies. 2. Female infanticide is more common than male infanticide, and in some countries, particularly India and China, is likely to have serious
GC: n S: BBC – https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67489395 (last access: 11 January 2024); NBC –https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fentanyl-stimulants-drives-fourth-wave-overdose-epidemic-us-rcna104953 (last access: 11 January 2024). N: 1. The term fentanyl is apparently formed within English, by derivation. It is formed by comb. form phen- + the noun anilide which is a species of alkalamide + the suffix