GC: n S: FAO – https://www.fao.org/newsroom/story/Five-things-you-should-know-about-an-age-old-pest-the-Desert-Locust/en (last access: 29 September 2024); NatGeo – https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/facts/locusts (last access: 29 September 2024). N: 1. “grasshopper, large orthopterous insect noted for mass migrations accompanied by destructive ravages of vegetation,” early 14c., borrowed earlier in Old French form languste (c. 1200), from Latin locusta “locust;
GC: n S: CDC – http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/lice/ (last access: 27 March 2015); HL – http://www.headlice.org/news/research/ (last access: 27 March 2015). N: 1. “parasitic insect infecting human hair and skin,” Old English lus, from Proto-Germanic lus, from PIE lus- “louse”. 2. Louse (order Phthiraptera), any of a group of small wingless parasitic
GC: n S: Lafeber – https://lafeber.com/pet-birds/species/lovebird/ (last access: 12 September 2021); JSTOR – http://www.jstor.org/stable/24937198 (last access: 12 September 2021). N: 1. love-bird, also lovebird, 1590s, small species of West African parrot, noted for the remarkable attention mating pairs pay to one another; figurative sense of “a lover” is attested from
GC: n S: 1. WHO – http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/81/9/Ehrlich.pdf (last access: 16 November 2014); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK572334/ (last access: 3 October 2022). N: 1. From “low” (“not high, below the usual level,” late 13c., earlier lah -late 12c.-, “not rising much, being near the base or ground” -of objects or persons-, also “lying
GC: n S: https://content.meteoblue.com/en/meteoscool/large-scale-weather/high-low-pressure (last access: 2 July 2015); http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/weather/tg/wlowpres/wlowpres.htm (last access: 2 July 2015). N: 1. – low (adj): “not high, below the usual level,” late 13c., earlier lah (late 12c.), “not rising much, being near the base or ground” (of objects or persons), also “lying on the ground
GC: n S: ODI – https://bit.ly/2WgGbGU (last access: 27 October 2016); EC – https://bit.ly/2RIWHky (last access: 27 October 2016). N: 1. – LRRD (initialism): Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development. – approach (n): mid-15c., from approach (v.). Figurative sense of “means of handling a problem, etc.” is first attested 1905. 2.
GC: n S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK482407/(last access: 5 November 2020); NHS – https://www.nhs.uk/news/medication/trip-to-the-lsd-archives-for-alcoholism-research/(last access: 5 November 2020). N: 1. “lysergic acid diethylamide,” 1950 (as LSD 25), from German LSD (1947), from letters in Lysergsäure-diäthylamid, the German form of the chemical name. For first element, lysergic, it says: in reference to a
GC: n S: http://www.lupus.org/answers/entry/what-is-the-history-of-lupus (last access: 17 July 2015); http://www.everydayhealth.com/lupus/understanding/different-types-of-lupus.aspx (last access: 17 July 2015); http://www.lupusmn.org/about-lupus/types-of-lupus/ (last access: 17 July 2015). N: 1. lupus (n): late 14c., used of several diseases that cause ulcerations of the skin, from Medieval Latin lupus, from Latin lupus “wolf”, apparently because it “devours” the
GC: n S: http://www.dermis.net/dermisroot/en/10260/diagnose.htm (last access: 17 July 2015); http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3109836/ (last access: 17 July 2015); DORLAND p. 1078. N: 1. lupus (n): late 14c., used of several diseases that cause ulcerations of the skin, from Medieval Latin lupus, from Latin lupus “wolf”, apparently because it “devours” the affected part. vulgaris
GC: n S: NHS – https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/lyme-disease/ (last access: 24 September 2024); CDC – https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/index.html (last access: 24 September 2024). N: 1. Other eponyms relate to geography. For example, Lyme disease is named for the Connecticut town where a number of children suffered what was believed to be a new form
GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/cancer/treatment/en/ (last access: 1 March 2015); DORLAND p. 1086. N: 1. plural lymphomata, 1867, from lymph (1725 in physiology sense, “colorless fluid found in the body,” from French lymphe, from Latin lympha “water, clear water, a goddess of water,” variant of lumpæ “waters,” altered by
GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/water-quality/guidelines/chemicals/endosulfan.pdf?ua=1 (last access: 12 October 2016); https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK9953/ (last access: 12 October 2016). N: 1. 1955, from lyso- (word-forming element indicating “loosening, dissolving, freeing,” before vowels lys-, from Greek lysis “a loosening,” from lyein “to loose, loosen”) + -some (word-forming element meaning “the body,” Modern Latin,
GC: n S: HHP – https://www.health.harvard.edu/nutrition/high-protein-foods-the-best-protein-sources-to-include-in-a-healthy-diet (last access: 18 January 2024) NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6413020/ (last access: 18 January 2024) N: 1. From word-forming element macro- and word nutrient: macro- (prefix): word-forming element meaning “long, abnormally large, on a large scale,” taken into English via French and Medieval Latin from Greek
GC: n S: http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/magnetic-resonance-imaging-mri (last access: 26 January 2016); http://www.nibib.nih.gov/science-education/science-topics/magnetic-resonance-imaging-mri (last access: 26 January 2016); http://www.journals.elsevier.com/magnetic-resonance-imaging/ (last access: 26 January 2016). N: 1. magnetic (adj): 1610s, literal; 1630s, figurative, from Modern Latin magneticus, from Latin magnes (see magnet). resonance (n): mid-15c., in acoustics, “prolongation of sound by reverberation;” 1660s, “act
GC: n S: Rspb – https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/magpie (last access: 10 November 2024); WildlifeT – https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/birds/crows-and-shrikes/magpie (last access: 10 November 2024). N: 1. Popular name of a common bird of Europe, Asia, and America, known for its chattering, acquisitiveness, curiosity, and mimicry, c. 1600, earlier simply pie (mid-13c.). The first element is Mag,
GC: n S: Medscape – https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/524310 (last access: 1 November 2022); NCBI – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6509257/ (last access: 1 November 2022). N: 1. c. 1300, maleise “pain, suffering; sorrow, anxiety,” also, by late 14c., “disease, sickness,” from Old French malaise “difficulty, suffering, hardship,” literally “ill-ease,” from mal “bad” (see mal-) + aise
GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/topics/malaria/en/ (last access: 31 October 2013); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK551711/ (last access: 15 August 2024). N: 1. 1740, from Italian mal’aria, from mala aria, literally “bad air,” from mala “bad” (fem. of malo, from Latin malus; see mal-) + aria “air” (see air (n.1)). Probably first
GC: n S: https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1756-3305-3-5 (last access: 11 May 2016); CDC – http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/about/biology/parasites.html (last access: 11 May 2016). N: 1. malaria (n): 1740, from Italian mal’aria, from mala aria, literally “bad air,” from mala “bad” (fem. of malo, from Latin malus; see mal-) + aria “air”. Probably first used by Italian
GC: n S: Mednet – http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=22055 (last access: 10 October 2015); EUR-LEX – http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2009:277:0102:0108:EN:PDF (last access: 25 April 2013). N: 1. Also mal-formation, 1731, from mal- + formation. 2. A structural defect in the body due to abnormal embryonic or fetal development. There are many types of malformations. For example, cleft