GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/foodsafety/areas_work/food-technology/faq-genetically-modified-food/en/ (last access: 1 September 2015); http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/genetically-modified-organisms-gmos-transgenic-crops-and-732 (last access: 1 September 2015). N: 1. Genetically modified organism (GMO), organism whose genome has been engineered in the laboratory in order to favour the expression of desired physiological traits or the production of desired biological products. In

GG: n S: UN – https://bit.ly/1lYTeUE (last access: 18 October 2015); BBC – https://bbc.in/1CBcD5w (last access: 3 September 2014). N: 1. 1944, apparently coined by Polish-born U.S. jurist Raphael Lemkin (1900-1959) in his work “Axis Rule in Occupied Europe” (p.19), in reference to Nazi extermination of Jews, literally “killing a

GC: n S: http://www.broadinstitute.org/education/glossary/genome (last access: 1 June 2016); http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/resources/whats_a_genome/Chp2_1.shtml (last access: 1 June 2016). N: 1. “sum total of genes in a set,” 1930, genom, modeled on German genom, coined 1920 by German botanist Hans Winkler, from gen “gene” + (chromos)om “chromosome”. 2. A genome is an organism’s complete

GC: n S: MD – http://www.medscape.com/resource/geriatric (last access: 3 September 2014); MM – http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/geriatrics (last access: 25 July 2015). N: 1. coined 1909 by Austrian-born doctor Ignatz L. Nascher (1863-1944) in “New York Medical Journal” on the model of pediatrics (also see -ics), from the same elements found in geriatric

GC: n S: http://www.britishgerontology.org/ (last access: 25 July 2015); http://www.karger.com/Journal/Home/224091 (last access: 25 July 2015).   N: 1. 1903, coined in English from geronto-, used as comb. form of Greek geron (genitive gerontos) “old man,” from PIE root gere- “to become ripe, grow old”. 2. The study of aging as

GC: n S: UN –  https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/09/1048252 (last access: 10 December 2023); OCitizen – https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/cross-the-age-of-gerontophobia-or-how-our-fear-of-the-elderly-still-runs-strong (last access: 10 December 2023). N: 1. Neologism created from geronto-, used as combining form of Greekgeron (genitive gerontos) “old man,” from PIE root *gere- (1) “to grow old” and -phobia, the word-forming element from Greek phobos “fear, panic fear, terror, outward

GC: n S: OMIM – http://www.omim.org/entry/137580 (last access: 1 September 2015); http://www.tsa-usa.org/Medical/whatists.html (last access: 1 September 2015); NIH – https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000733.htm (last access: 1 September 2015). N: 1. Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neurological disorder characterized by repetitive, stereotyped, involuntary movements and vocalizations called tics. The disorder is named for Dr.

GC: n S: WHO – http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/en/d/Js2200e/30.html (last access: 16 July 2016); FAO – http://www.fao.org/3/a-av003e.pdf (last access: 16 July 2016). N: 1. mid-14c., from Old English gingifer, gingiber, from Late Latin gingiber, from Latin zingiberi, from Greek zingiberis, from Prakrit (Middle Indic) singabera, from Sanskrit srngaveram, from srngam “horn” + vera-

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/82/11/feature1104/en/ (last access: 2 December 2016); NMN – http://www.news-medical.net/news/20140122/Clues-of-silent-thief-of-sighte2809d-Glaucoma.aspx (last access: 29 November 2016); NMN – http://www.news-medical.net/health/Glaucoma-Classifications.aspx (last access: 29 November 2016). N: 1. From Latinized form of Greek glaukoma “cataract, opacity of the lens”, perhaps from glaukommatos “gray-eyed”, with omma “the eye” + glaukos,

GC: n S: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wea.6080570409/pdf (last access: 15 July 2015); http://www.theweatherprediction.com/habyhints/117/ (last access: 15 July 2015). N: 1. “substance used to make a glossy coating,” 1784, from glaze (v.). In reference to a thin coating of ice from 1752. 2. A smooth compact deposit of ice, generally transparent, formed by the

GC: n S: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Sociology/Socialization (last access: 26 April 2013); http://iris.lib.neu.edu/law_pol_soc_diss/6/ (last access: 3 September 2014); https://globalsociology.pbworks.com/w/page/14711257/Socialization%20in%20Global%20Times (last access: 3 September 2014). N: 1. global (adj): 1670s, “spherical,” from globe + -al (1). Meaning “worldwide, universal, pertaining to the whole globe of the earth” is from 1892, from a sense development

See Sierterm: https://sierterm.es/content/global-warming

GC: n S: UN – http://www.un.org/esa/coordination/globalization.htm (last access: 28 February 2013); Harvard – https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/john-ruggie/files/the_united_nations_and_globalization_patterns_and_limits_of_institutional_adaptation_0.pdf (last access: 6 October 2024). N:1. 1961, noun of action from “globalize” (q.v.). 2. The act or process of globalizing : the state of being globalized; especially : the development of an increasingly integrated global economy

GC: n S: RUN – http://www.renalandurologynews.com/end-stage-renal-disease/glomerulonephritis-raises-end-stage-renal-disease-risk/article/514715/ (last access: 28 October 2016); NMN – http://www.news-medical.net/health/IgA-Nephropathy-Bergers-Disease.aspx (last access: 28 October 2016). N: 1. From glomerulus (from Late Latin, “small ball”) and nephritis (1570s, from Late Latin, from Greek nephritis “disease of the kidneys,” from nephros “kidney”) + -itis (“inflammation”). The first known

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/trypanosomiasis_african/vector/en/ (last access: 8 August 2015); http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/19562202759.html;jsessionid=598DC04B8644EA609A324D27EF67ECC7 (last access: 8 August 2015); GDT. N: 1. tsetse: Any member of the genus Glossina. 2. Tsetse fly (genus Glossina) is any member of a genus of bloodsucking flies in the housefly family Muscidae (order Diptera), that occur

GC: n S: NYTimes – https://goo.gl/ku9Hgq (last access: 28 October 2016); http://religiousstudies.cofc.edu/documents/student%20related/Rockower2011.pdf (last access: 31 October 2016). N: 1. From Greek glōssa, “tongue,” and lalia, “talking”. 2. Speech which is profuse and often emotionally charged that mimics coherent speech but is usually unintelligible to the listener and that is uttered

GC: n S: YH – http://www.yourhormones.info/hormones/glucagon.aspx (last access: 3 November 2016); MEDLP – https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a682480.html (last access: 5 November 2016) N: 1. 1923, from gluco– + Greek agon, present participle of agein “to lead”. 2. Mayo clinic provides a second definition: Glucagon belongs to the group of medicines called hormones. It

See genetically modified organism

GC: n S: MedicineNet.com – http://bit.do/eBW6J (last access: 29 November 2018); ANNFAMMED – http://bit.do/eBW6Y (last access: 29 November 2018). N: 1. 1520s, from Late Latin gonorrhoia, from Greek gonos “seed” + rhoe “flow,” from rhein “to flow” (from PIE root *sreu- “to flow”). Mucus discharge was mistaken for semen. In

GC: n S: http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/facts/gov.htm (last access: 26 February 2013); http://www.goodgovernance.org.au/about-good-governance/what-is-good-governance/ (last access: 3 September 2014). N: 1. Good governance is about the processes for making and implementing decisions. It’s not about making ‘correct’ decisions, but about the best possible process for making those decisions. 2. Good decision-making processes, and therefore

GC: n S: Business Dictionary – http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/property.html (last access: 5 November 2013); TERMIUM PLUS. N: 1. “property,” late 13c., from plural of good (n.), which had the same sense in Old English. Meaning “saleable commodities” is mid-15c.; colloquial sense of “stolen articles” is from 1900; hence figurative use, “evidence of

GC: n S: http://www.cdc.gov/arthritis/basics/gout.html (last access: 11 June 2015); DORLAND p. 799. N: 1. Middle English goute, from Anglo-French gute drop, gout, from Latin gutta drop First Known Use: 13th century. 2. A metabolic disease marked by a painful inflammation of the joints, deposits of urates in and around the

GC: n S: GlobHum – http://www.globalhumanitarianassistance.org/countryprofile/united-states (last access: 5 November 2015); GovUK – https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/humanitarian-emergencies (last access: 5 November 2015). N: 1. late 14c., “act of governing or ruling;” 1550s, “system by which a thing is governed” (especially a state), from Old French governement “control, direction, administration” (Modern French gouvernement), from governer

GC: n S: NCBI – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26862821 (last access: 12 February 2016); Biomed – http://biomed.brown.edu/Courses/BI108/BI108_2004_Groups/Group04/Rejection_overview.htm (last access: 12 February 2016). N: 1. “shoot inserted into another plant,” late 15c. alteration of Middle English graff (late 14c.), from Old French graife “grafting knife, carving tool; stylus, pen,” from Latin graphium “stylus,” from