GC: n S: WebMD – http://www.webmd.com/drugs/index-drugs.aspx (last access: 8 December 2015); http://www.medicinenet.com/medications/article.htm (last access: 8 December 2015). N: 1. early 15c., “medical treatment of a disease or wound,” from Middle French médication and directly from Latin medicationem (nominative medicatio) “healing, cure,” from past participle stem of medicare, medicari “to medicate,

GC: adj S: http://www.mountainroseherbs.com/seeds/seeds.php (last access: 25 April 2013) N: late 14c., from Old French medicinal and directly from Latin medicinalis “pertaining to medicine,” from medicina (see medicine). Related: Medicinally. S: OED – http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=medicinal&searchmode=none (last access: 4 September 2014) SYN: S: CR: drug

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2004/pr44/en/ (last access: 1.05.2017); MEDNT – https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323679 (last access: 13 January 2024). N: 1. c. 1200, “medical treatment, cure, remedy,” also used figuratively, of spiritual remedies, from Old French medicine (Modern French médecine) “medicine, art of healing, cure, treatment, potion,” from Latin medicina “the healing

GC: n S: http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Pharmacy/Pages/Yourmedicinecabinet.aspx (last access: 6 August 2015); TERMIUMPLUS; GDT. N: medicine chest or medicine cabinet: a cupboard used especially for storing medicines or first-aid supplies S: MW – http://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/medicine%20chest; http://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/medicine%20cabinet (last access: 6 August 2015). GV: medecine cabinet S: GDT SYN: medecine chest, medicine chest, medicine cupboard. S:

GC: n S: http://www.dermnetnz.org/lesions/melanoma.html (last access: 7 May 2016); DORLAND p. 1125. N: 1. “tumor containing melanin,” 1826, medical Latin, from Greek melas (genitive melanos) “black” (see melanin) + -oma. 2. New Latin. First Known Use: 1838. a tumor containing dark pigment. a highly malignant tumor that starts in melanocytes

GC: n S: NCBI – https://bit.ly/31yDJO7 (last access: 10 August 2019); WebMD – https://wb.md/2HkWdZq (last access: 10 August 2019). N: 1. Chemical formed in the pineal gland of mammals that regulates certain physiological activities, 1958, from Greek melas “black, dark” (see melano-) + ending from “serotonin”. So called because its

GC: n S: EuroAlert – http://euroalert.net/en/news.aspx?idn=16498 (last access: 22 April 2013); UN – https://www.un.org/en/member-states/ (last access: 7 February 2021) N: 1. – member (n): c. 1300, “body part or organ, an integral part of an animal body having a distinct function” (in plural, “the body”), from Old French membre “part, portion; topic,

GC: n S: http://www.simplypsychology.org/memory.html (last access: 1 July 2016); https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/memory.html (last access: 1 July 2016). N: 1. mid-13c., “recollection (of someone or something); awareness, consciousness,” also “fame, renown, reputation,” from Anglo-French memorie (Old French memoire, 11c., “mind, memory, remembrance; memorial, record”) and directly from Latin memoria “memory, remembrance, faculty of

GC: n S: WHO – https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/meningitis (last access: 14 April 2024); NHS – https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/meningitis/ (last access: 14 April 2024). N: 1. “inflammation of the meninges,” 1825, coined from Modern Latin meninga, from Greek meninx (genitive meningos) “membrane,” in medical Latin especially that of the brain (see member) + -itis “disease.”

GC: n S: ScDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/meninx (last access: 14 April 2024); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6520190/ (last access: 14 April 2024). N: 1. New Latin, from Greek mēning-, mēninx membrane. First Known Use: 1545. . meninges, plural of meninx, 1610s, “one of the three membranes enveloping the brain and spinal cord,” from

GC: n S: WHO – http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/41841/1/WHO_TRS_866.pdf (last access: 15 January 2016); http://www.womenshealth.gov/publications/our-publications/fact-sheet/menopause-treatment.html (last access: 15 January 2016). N: 1. 1852 (from 1845 as a French word in English), from French ménopause, from medical Latin menopausis, from Greek men (genitive menos) “month” + pausis “a cessation, a pause,” from pauein “to

GC: n S: CDC – https://www.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/learn/index.htm (last access: 28 December 2023); APA – https://www.apa.org/topics/mental-health (last access: 28 December 2023) N: 1. – mental (adj): “in, of, or pertaining to the mind; characteristic of the intellect,” from Late Latin mentalis “of the mind,” from Latin mens (genitive mentis) “mind,” from PIE root men- “to think.” In

See “intellectual disability”: https://humantermuem.es/content/intellectual-disability/?lang=en

See mercury poisoning

GC: n S: WHO – https://bit.ly/2QfzkhL (last access: 1 June 2019); NCBI – https://bit.ly/2QCtfJ7 (last access: 1 June 2019). N: 1. silver-white fluid metallic element, late 14c., from Medieval Latin mercurius, from Latin Mercurius (Mercury, the Roman god). Prepared in ancient times from cinnabar, it was one of the seven

GC: n S: MN – https://bit.ly/2HPHac3 (last access: 1 June 2019); MEDNT – https://bit.ly/2D0wfeE (last access: 1 June 2019). N: 1. – mercury (n): silver-white fluid metallic element, late 14c., from Medieval Latin mercurius, from Latin Mercurius (Mercury, the Roman god). Prepared in ancient times from cinnabar, it was one

GC: n S: Rspb – https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/merlin/ (last access: 4 January 2023); Audubon – https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/merlin (last access: 4 January 2023). N: 1. small, strong European species of falcon, late 14c., merlioun (perhaps early 14c.), from Anglo-French merilun, a shortened form of Old French esmerillon “merlin, small hawk” (12c., Modern French émerillon),

MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome or camel flu). See coronavirus.

GC: n S: NASA – https://tinyurl.com/y77hvans (last access: 29 November 2018); TME – https://bit.ly/2zDjDXb (last access: 2 December 2018). N: 1. From Ancient Greek μετέωρον (metéōron), from μετέωρος (metéōros, “raised from the ground, hanging, lofty”), from μετά (metá, “in the midst of, among, between”) (English meta) + ἀείρω (aeírō, “to

GC: n S: http://www.wmo.int/pages/themes/climate/applications_humanitarian.php (last access: 17 July 2016); https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/meteorology.htm (last access: 17 July 2016). N: 1. “science of the atmosphere, weather forecasting,” 1610s, from French météorologie and directly from Greek meteorologia “treatise on celestial phenomena, discussion of high things,” from meteoron, literally “thing high up”, + -logia “treatment of”.

GC: n S: SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0301008296000275 (last access: 19 November 2020); ChrisJS – http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.1010.2563&rep=rep1&type=pdf (last access: 19 November 2020). N: 1. From the word “methylene” [hydrocarbon radical occurring in many compounds, 1835, from French méthylène from Greek methy “wine” + hylē “wood” (which is of uncertain etymology) + Greek name-forming element

See microorganism

GC: n S: HHP – https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/micronutrients-have-major-impact-on-health (last access: 9 January 2024); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2585731/ (last access: 9 January 2024). N: 1. From word-forming element micro- and word nutrient: micro-: word-forming element meaning “small in size or extent, microscopic; magnifying;” in science indicating a unit one millionth of the unit it

GC: n S: EncBrit – http://global.britannica.com/science/microorganism (last access: 2 September 2015); http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/living_things/microorganisms/read/1/ (last access: 2 September 2015); DORLAND. N: 1. A microorganism or microbe is an organism that is so small that it is microscopic (invisible to the naked eye). Microorganisms are often illustrated using single-celled, or unicellular organisms; however,