GC: n S: WFP – https://www.wfp.org/stories/hunger-famine-and-starvation-750000-people-are-front-line-un-study-says (last access: 9 August 2024); FAO – https://www.fao.org/interactive/state-of-food-security-nutrition/2021/en/ (last access: 9 August 2024); UN – https://www.un.org/en/global-issues/food (last access: 9 August 2024). N: 1. Old English hunger, hungor “unease or pain caused by lack of food, debility from lack of food, craving appetite,” also “famine,

See Huntington’s chorea

GC: n S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4782548/ (last access: 5 April 2017); DRUGS – https://www.drugs.com/health-guide/huntington-s-disease-chorea.html (last access: 9 March 2018). N: – Huntington (pn): The disease was first described by the American physician George Huntington in 1872. – chorea (n): 1806, from Modern Latin chorea Sancti Viti “St. Vitus dance” (originally

GC: n S: DC – http://www.disastercenter.com/guide/hurricane.pdf (last access: 9 December 2013); METEOTERM – http://wmo.multicorpora.net/MultiTransWeb/Web.mvc (last access: 11 December 2013); EncBrit. N: 1. 1550s, a partially deformed adoptation from Spanish huracan (Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdés, “Historia General y Natural de las Indias,” 1547-9), furacan (in the works of Pedro

GC: n S: FAO – http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1816e/i1816e00.pdf (last access: 15 December 2013); GDT – http://www.granddictionnaire.com/ficheOqlf.aspx?Id_Fiche=10445878 (last access: 27 September 2015). N: 1. Based on desirable traits, breeders select specific male and female parent plants. The plants selected to be the female seed-bearing partner have their pollen bearing anthers removed. They receive

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/iris/handle/10665/50896#sthash.gUCUgTqU.dpuf (last access: 11 November 2014); TMJ – http://www.travelmedicinejournal.com/pb/assets/raw/Health%20Advance/journals/tmaid/Moyleneux.pdf, p.6 (last access: 11 November 2014); EncBrit – http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/177901/echinococcosis(external link) (last access: 11 November 2014); COSNAUTAS; TERMIUMPLUS; GDT. N: 1. From Greek hydatid-, hydatis “watery cyst”, from hydat-, hydōr. First Known Use: 1683 2. Human echinococcosis

See carbohydrate

GC: n S: HA – https://www.hydroassoc.org/hydrocephalus/ (last access: 17 November 2020); RCH – https://www.rileychildrens.org/health-info/hydrocephalus (last access: 17 November 2020). N: 1. It’s known as “accumulation of fluid in the cranial cavity, or as ‘water on the brain,'” was first recorded in 1660s, as a medical Latin, comes from Greek words hydro- “water”

GC: n S: AT – http://www.pima.gov/wwm/education/pdf/2008_06-11_Water_Cycle.pdf (last access: 4 November 2013); http://www.euwfd.com/html/hydrological_cycle.html (8 December 2013). N: 1. The hydrological cycle is also denominated as water cycle because is the way that water is taken up from the sea, rivers, soil, etc. and then comes back down as rain or snow.

GC: n S: EncBrit – http://global.britannica.com/science/edema (last access: 22 April 2016); http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1125373/ (last access: 22 April 2016). N: 1. “hydropsy” see “dropsy”: late 13c., a shortening of Middle English ydropsy, from Old French idropsie, from Latin hydropsis, from Greek hydrops (genitive hydropos) “dropsy,” from hydor “water”. 2. Three meanings: edema.

GC: n S: UNICEF – http://www.unicef.org/lac/challenges_05_final.pdf (last access: 4 March 2013); MSF – http://www.msf.org/article/drc-msf-treats-690-people-cholera-bukavu (last access: 2 September 2014). N: Personal hygiene is a routine of personal care that keeps you clean and healthy. It involves regular care of your hair, skin, face, teeth, ears, hangs, nails, and feet. Why

GC: n S: WHO – https://www.who.int/data/gho/indicator-metadata-registry/imr-details/2380 (last access: 26 September 2024); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK430900/ (last access: 26 September 2024). N: 1. 1875, from hyper- “over” + glycemia “presence of sugar in the blood.” 2. Hyperglycemia, elevation of blood glucose concentrations above the normal range; it is the laboratory finding that

GC: n S: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3618837 (last access: 21 July 2016); http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18608979 (last access: 21 July 2016). N: 1. New Latin, from hyper- + -mnesia (as in amnesia). First Known Use: 1882 2. Abnormally vivid or complete memory or recall of the past. 3. Perhaps the most famous individual to exhibit hypermnesia

GC: n S: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/241767-treatment (last access: 11 June 2015); DORLAND. N: 1. New Latin. First Known Use: circa 1894. 2. Excess uric acid in the blood (as in gout)—called also uricacidemia, uricemia. 3. This may lead to the precipitation of amorphus urates in the body tissues (gout) or to uric

GC: n S: NCBI – https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1071579/ (last access: 2 December 2016); JHM – https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/hypnosis (last access: 21 October 2024). N: 1. 1850, “the coming on of sleep,” coined (as an alternative to hypnotism) from hypno- “sleep” + -osis “condition.” But the distinction was not sustained, and by 1876 hypnosis was

GC: n S: NCBI – https://bit.ly/2wC9fgo (last access: 2 June 2019); Lobe – https://bit.ly/2WB0KB9 (last access: 2 June 2019). N: 1. hypo- + Greek akousis, hearing. 2. Partial loss of hearing — called also hypacusis. 3. Slightly diminished auditory sensitivity, with hearing threshold levels above the normal limit so that

GC: n S: http://scedc.caltech.edu/Module/sec1pg06.html (last access: 29 July 2015); http://www.kids-fun-science.com/earthquake-focus.html (last access: 29 July 2015). N: 1. From Ancient Greek ὑπό (under) + κέντρον (center). 2. The point within the Earth where an earthquake rupture starts. S: 1. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hypocenter (last access: 29 July 2015). 2. TERMIUM PLUS (last access: 29

GC: n S: http://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/features/worried-sick-help-for-hypochondria (last access: 30 July 2015); http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/hypochondria/Pages/Introduction.aspx (last access: 30 July 2015). N: 1. 1839, “illness without a specific cause,” earlier (1660s) “depression or melancholy without real cause,” earlier still (late 14c.) ipocondrie “upper abdomen,” from Late Latin hypochondria “the abdomen,” from Greek hypokhondria (neuter plural of

GC: n S: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/jan/17/health-and-wellbeing-anxiety (last access: 25 August 2016); http://www.webmd.com/balance/features/internet-makes-hypochondria-worse (last access: 25 August 2016). N: 1. From French hypocondriaque, from Ancient Greek ὑποχονδριακός ‎(hupokhondriakós, “of the region between the ribs and navel”), from ὑποχόνδριος ‎(hupokhóndrios, “the space between the ribs and the navel”), from ὑπό ‎(hupó, “below”) + χόνδρος

GC: n S: ACOG – https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/committee-opinion/articles/2017/06/choosing-the-route-of-hysterectomy-for-benign-disease (last access: 7 January 2024); MDPI- https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/11/23/6940 (last access: 7 January 2024). N: 1. “surgical excision of the uterus,” 1881, coined in English from Greek hystera “womb” + -ectomy (word-forming element meaning “surgical removal,” from Latinized form of Greek -ektomia “a cutting out of,” from ektemnein

GC: n S: FIRST – http://www.firstskinfoundation.org/what-is-ichthyosis (last access: 2 December 2020); NIAMS – https://www.niams.nih.gov/health-topics/ichthyosis#tab-overview (last access: 2 December 2020). N: 1. 1815, from Latinized form of Greek ikhthys “a fish” and from Latin and directly from Greek –osis, expressing state or condition, in medical terminology denoting “a state of disease,”. It was

GG: n S: UNESCO – http://iite.unesco.org/events/639106/ (last access: 23 April 2013); http://www.elmoglobal.com/en/html/ict/01.aspx (last access: 24 August 2015). N: “ICT”is the Information and Communication Technologies. “ICT in Education” means “Teaching and Learning with ICT”. Worldwide research has shown that ICT can lead to improved student learning and better teaching methods. A

See intensive care unit

GC: n S: FDIR preface (last access: 12 October 2013) N: 1. Igneous rocks (from the Greek word for fire) form from when hot, molten rock (magma) crystallizes and solidifies. The melt originates deep within the Earth near active plate boundaries or hot spots and then rises toward the surface.