GC: n S: NHS – https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/moyamoya-disease (last access: ); MAYO – https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/moyamoya-disease/symptoms-causes/syc-20355586 (last access: 15 March 2023). N: 1. Moyamoya disease was first described in 1957 by Japanese surgeons Takeuchi and Shimizu. The term “moyamoya” means haze, mist, cloud, smoke or vapor. Moya is もや in Japanese, in Kanji (漢字),
GC: n S: CDC – https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/mpox/about/ (last access: 6 October 2023); NHS – https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/mpox/ (last access: 6 October 2023). N: 1. Clipping of monkeypox coined in 2022, chosen in order to discourage racist and stigmatizing interpretations of that word. Coined by Montreal-based RÉZO, in consultation with other Canadian organizations, in
GC: n S: NatGeo – http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/03/140324-mudslides-natural-disasters-geology-science/ (last access: 30 October 2015). CDPH – http://www.bepreparedcalifornia.ca.gov/BEINFORMED/NATURALDISASTERS/Pages/LandslidesandMudslides.aspx (last access: 30 October 2015). N: 1. Simple combination of mud (mid-14c., cognate with and probably from Middle Low German mudde, Middle Dutch modde “thick mud,” from Proto-Germanic *mud- from PIE *(s)meu-/*mu- (Buck), found in many
GC: n S: WebMD – https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/mueller-weiss-syndrome-overview (last access: 23 July 2023); NIH – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9879050/ (last access: 23 July 2023). N: 1. Mueller (pn): Müller (right spelling). Walther Müller (1888–1949) was a German orthopedic surgeon. Müller described the “double navicular” as an osteological manifestation in a patient who developed a severe
GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/vaccine_safety/committee/topics/hepatitisb/multiple_sclerosis/Jun_2002/en/ (last access: 5 November 2017); MAYO – https://goo.gl/NYNsef (last access: 1 November 2017); NHS – https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/multiple-sclerosis/ (last access: 1 November 2017). N: 1. – sclerosis (n): “morbid hardening of the tissue,” late 14c., from Medieval Latin sclirosis “a hardness, hard tumor,” from Greek sklerosis
GC: npl’ S: WHO – http://www.who.int/topics/mumps/en/ (last access: 10 October 2015); http://fieldnotes.unicefusa.org/tag/mumps (last access: 4 September 2014); DORLAND. N: 1. type of contagious disease, c.1600, from plural of mump “a grimace” (1590s), originally a verb, “to whine like a beggar” (1580s), from Dutch mompen “to cheat, deceive,” originally probably “to
GC: n S: CNN – https://cnn.it/33bNdjS (last access: 4 August 2019); ICRC – https://bit.ly/2xmKaGs (last access: 4 August 2019). N: 1. “unlawful killing of another human being by a person of sound mind with premeditated malice,” c. 1300, murdre, earlier morþer, from Old English morðor (plural morþras) “secret killing of
GC: n S: https://www.anred.com/musdys.html (last access: 30 July 2016); http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1323298/ (last access: 30 July 2016). N: 1. muscle (n): late 14c., from Middle French muscle “muscle, sinew” (14c.) and directly from Latin musculus “a muscle,” literally “little mouse,” diminutive of mus “mouse”. So called because the shape and movement of
GC: n S: Breast Cancer – http://www.breastcancer.org/treatment/side_effects/muscle_pain (last access: 6 November); MN – http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=12008 (last access: 12 November 2014). N: 1. “muscular pain,” 1827, coined in Modern Latin (on analogy of neuralgia) from myo– “muscle” + -algia “pain.” 2. Muscular pain. myalgia: term recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms
GC: n S: NCBI – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18536217 (last access: 22 August 2014); SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/mycosis (last access: 3 March 2020). N: 1. 1876, medical Latin; see myco- + -osis. Related: Mycotic. 2. mycosis, plural Mycoses, in humans and domestic animals, a disease caused by any fungus that invades the tissues, causing
GC: n S: CDC – http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/myiasis/ (last access: 22 August 2014); http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3255963/ (last access: 18 March 2016). N: 1. myiasis, infestation of the body with the larvae (maggots) of certain species of flies. Intestinal myiasis results from ingestion of food contaminated with eggs or larvae and may produce cramps, nausea,
GC: n S: NIH – https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/Patient-Caregiver-Education/Fact-Sheets/Myoclonus-Fact-Sheet (last access: 20 November 2020); HLN – https://www.healthline.com/health/myoclonus (last access: 20 November 2020). N: 1. From word-forming element myo- (before vowels my-, meaning “muscle,” from combining form of Greek mys “muscle,” literally “mouse”) and word clonus (“violent muscular spasms, rapidly alternating contraction and relaxation of a
GC: n S: http://www.theodora.com/anatomy/myology_index.html (last access: 4 April 2015); http://myology.info/ (last access: 4 April 2015). N: 1. French or New Latin; French myologie, from New Latin myologia, from my- + Latin -logia -logy. First Known Use: 1649 2. Scientific study of muscles, and the body of knowledge relating thereto. S:
GC: n S: WebMD – http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/narcissistic-personality-disorder#1 (last access: 1 July 2017); HLN – https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/am-i-dating-a-narcissist (last access: 29 November 2019). N: 1. – narcissistic (adj): 1912, see narcissism + -istic. Sometimes erroneously as narcistic. Related: Narcissistically. Narcissism: 1905, from German Narzissismus, coined 1899 (in “Die sexuellen Perversitäten“), by German psychiatrist Paul
GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/vaccine_safety/committee/topics/influenza/pandemic/h1n1_safety_assessing/Dec-2015/en/ (last access: 10 November 2016); NIH – http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/narcolepsy/detail_narcolepsy.htm (last access: 10 November 2016). N: 1. Narcolepsy comes from French narcolepsie, which was first used by French physician Jean-Baptiste Edouard Gelineau in 1880. This French word came from a combination of Greek narke, meaning stupor
CG: n S: UNICEF – https://www.unicef.org/pon96/coname.htm (last access 8.11.2018); AI – https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/01/bahrain-government-expels-citizens-after-having-revoked-their-nationality/ (last access 8.11.2018). N: 1. 1690s, “national quality,” from national + -ity (in some usages perhaps from French nationalité. As “fact of belonging to or being a citizen of a particular state,” from 1828, gradually shading into “race,
GC: n S: http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/ (last access: 13 October 2012); http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/earth/natural_disasters (last access: 2 September 2014). N: The definition of natural disasters is any catastrophic event that is caused by nature or the natural processes of the earth. The severity of a disaster is measured in lives lost, economic loss, and
GC: n S: TAG – https://goo.gl/AahnnW (last access: 1 November 2017); NHS – https://lc.cx/NvDX (last access: 1 November 2017). N: 1. Since the early 15{SUP()}th{SUP} Century, from Latin nausea “seasickness”, from Ionic Greek “nausea” (“Attic nautia”) which means “seasickness”, “disgust,” literally “ship-sickness” from naus, “ship”. Despite its etymology, the word
GC: n S: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/IRFFI/Resources/Joint+Needs+Assessment.pdf (last access: 22 April 2013); http://www.dpi.state.nd.us/grants/needs.pdf (last access: 2 September 2014). N: Systematic process to acquire an accurate, thorough picture of the strengths and weaknesses of a school community that can be used in response to the academic needs of all students for improving student achievement
GC: n S: http://www.refugeesinternational.org/policy/field-report/rohingya-bangladesh-maintaining-status-quo-squandering-rare-opportunity (last access: 25 April 2013); http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21455675 (last access: 2 September 2014). N: Urban slums, just as refugee communities, constitute a settlement structure that is proven to foster a distinct set of health problems. One billion people are currently estimated to live in slum communities, causing this