GC n S: KLSF – https://goo.gl/CEPwS6 (last access: 4 November 2016); KLS – https://goo.gl/6LQdHm (last access: 4 November 2016); NINDS – https://goo.gl/YKyGG0 (last access: 4 November 2016). N: 1. Kleine-Levin syndrome is an eponymous created from two family names: the german psychiatrist Willi Kleine and the American neurologist Max Levin.

GC: n S: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12534171 (last access: 27 June 2017); http://www.crownagents.com/news-and-know-how/know-how (last access: 27 June 2017). N: 1. Also knowhow, “technical expertise,” 1838, American English, from know (v.) + how (adv.). 2. Knowledge of how to do something smoothly and efficiently: expertise. 3. Expert skill, information, or body of knowledge that

Mycobacterium tuberculosis: See tuberculosis.

GC: n S: WHO – http://whqlibdoc.who.int/monograph/WHO_MONO_8.pdf (last access: 27 July 2015); http://www.healthline.com/health/kwashiorkor#Overview1 (last access: 27 July 2015); NAVARRO p. 550. N: 1. 1935, from a native name in Ghana for the disease. 2. Kwashiorkor is a form of malnutrition that most often affects children in developing regions of the world

See Sierterm https://sierterm.es/content/Kyoto-Protocol

GC: n S: MDCN – https://goo.gl/mrvA9J (last access: 10 November 2017); SPNH – https://goo.gl/3Pobyh (last access: 8.11.2017). N: 1. “angular curvature of the spine,” 1854 (in a translation from German, where it is attested by 1783), from Greek kyphos “crooked” and the word-forming element -osis expressing state or condition, in

GC: n S: UNICEF – http://www.unicef.org/pacificislands/overview_10818.htm (last access: 5 July 2016); http://www.accuweather.com/en/features/trend/what-is-la-nina-us-impacts/56817440 (last access: 5 July 2016). N: 1. Origin and Etymology of la niña: Spanish, the (female) child. First Known Use: 1988. 2. An irregularly recurring upwelling of unusually cold water to the ocean surface along the western coast

GC: n S: ILO – http://www.ilo.org/global/statistics-and-databases/lang-en/index.htm (last access: 21.11.2013); http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.TLF.CACT.ZS (last access: 10 October 2015). N: 1. The labour force comprises all those who work for gain, whether as employees, employers, or as self-employed, and it includes the unemployed who are seeking work. 2. labour force (UK); labor force (US).

GC:  n S: AR – https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.genet.37.110801.143820 (last access: 11 November 2020); T. Gilat – https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0016508572800805 (last access: 11 November 2020). N: 1. It is formed by the latin prefix lacto- which means “milk” and -ase used to form the names of enzimes. 2. Enzyme found in the small intestine of mammals that

See Sierterm: https://sierterm.es/content/landfill

GC: n S: RealEstate – http://realestate.findlaw.com/landlord-tenant-law.html (last access: 10 November 2017); Cornell – https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/landlord-tenant_law (last access: 10 November 2017). N: 1. early 15c. (late 13c. as a surname), “owner of a tenement, one who rents land or property to a tenant,” from land (n.) + lord (n.). 2. Two definitions: the

See SIERTERM: https://sierterm.es/content/landslide

GC: n S: http://www.patient.co.uk/health/laryngitis-leaflet (last access: 16 December 2014); DORLAND p. 1005; EncBrit – http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/330784/laryngitis (last access: 16 December 2014). N: 1. 1822, Medical Latin, from comb. form of larynx (q.v.) + –itis. 2. Inflammation of the larynx, usually with dryness and soreness of the throat, hoarseness, cough and dysphagia.

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/hygiene/emergencies/fs3_4.pdf (last access: 31 July 2015); http://www.fundsforngos.org/latest-funds-for-ngos/humanitarian-innovation-fund-inviting-researchers-to-test-innovative-latrine-lighting-solutions-in-refugee-camps/ (last access: 31 July 2015). N: c.1300, probably from Latin latrina, contraction of lavatrina “washbasin, washroom,” from lavatus, past participle of lavare “to wash” (see lave) + -trina, suffix denoting “workplace.” Its reappearance in 1640s is probably a

GC: n S: SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/laudanum (last access: 30 December 2024); NIH – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7884840/ (last access: 30 December 2024). N: 1. c. 1600, from Modern Latin laudanum (1540s), coined by Paracelsus for a medicine he mixed, supposed to contain gold and crushed pearls and many expensive ingredients, but probably owing

GC: n S: UNESCO – http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001406/140618e.pdf (last access: 12 April 2013); http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/lawwar.asp (last access: 2 September 2014). N: Armed conflict is as old as humankind itself. There have always been customary practices in war, but only in the last 150 years have States made international rules to limit the effects

GC: n S: http://www.webmd.com/cholesterol-management/ldl-cholesterol-the-bad-cholesterol (last access: 15 January 2016); http://heartuk.org.uk/health-and-high-cholesterol (last access: 15 January 2016). N: 1. LDL: Abbreviation for low density lipoprotein. cholesterol (n): white, solid substance present in body tissues, 1894, earlier cholesterin, from French cholestrine (Chevreul, 1827), from Greek khole “bile” (see cholera) + steros “solid, stiff”

GC: n S: UMN – http://www.d.umn.edu/~ssternbe/Courses/LabII/exleach.pdf (last access: 15 December 2012); EncBrit – http://global.britannica.com/science/leaching-geochemistry-of-soil (last access: 30 July 2015). N: 1. Old English leccan “to moisten, water, wet, irrigate”. The word disappears, then re-emerges late 18c. In a technological sense in reference to percolating liquids. Related: Leached; leaching. 2. The

GC: n S: http://statelaws.findlaw.com/property-and-real-estate-laws/details-on-state-lease-and-rental-agreement-laws.html (last access: 10 November 2017); https://www.landlordandtenant.org/leases-and-agreements/ (last access: 10 November 2017). N: 1. late 14c., “legal contract conveying property, usually for a fixed period of time and with a fixed compensation,” from Anglo-French les (late 13c.), Old French lais, lez “a lease, a letting, a leaving,”

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/emerging/legionella.pdf (last access: 9 December 2015); WHOI.EDU – http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/legions-of-legionella-bacteria (last access: 9 December 2015). N: 1. This term comes from Latin legio, -onis, a body of soldiers, legion; L. fem. dim. ending -ella; N.L. fem. n. Legionella, small legion or army. 2. Legionella is related

GC: n S: NIHH – http://www.nih.gov/researchmatters/june2011/06272011legionnaires.htm (last access: 30 October 2014); HSE – http://www.hseni.gov.uk/hsg274_legionella_technical_guidance_part3.pdf (last access: 30 October 2014). N: 1. n. legio -onis, a body of soldiers, legion; L. fem. dim. ending -ella; N.L. fem. n. Legionella, small legion or army. 2. Legionellosis is a disease caused by infection

See legionellosis

GC: n S: http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/press/release.cfm?id=5659&cat=press-release (last access: 12 November 2013); DORLAND p. 1019. N: 1. Modern Latin ; from Leishmania, after Sir W. B. Leishman (1865-1926), Scottish bacteriologist. 2. It is found in parts of the tropics, subtropics, and southern Europe. 3. It is classified as a Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD).

GC: n S: WHO – https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/leprosy (last access: 21 February 2025); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK559307/ (last access: 21 February 2025); CDC – https://www.cdc.gov/leprosy/about/index.html (last access: 21 February 2025) N: 1. leprosy (n.): 1530s (earlier lepruse, mid-15c.), from leprous; see leper. First used in Coverdale Bible, where it renders Hebrew cara’ath, which