GC: n S: https://www.news-medical.net/health/What-is-an-Antibody.aspx (last access: 23 October 2017); https://www.bio-rad-antibodies.com/immunoglobulin-antibody.html (last access: 23 October 2017). N: 1. “substance developed in blood as an antitoxin,” 1901, a hybrid formed from anti- “against” + body. Probably a translation of German Antikörper, condensed from a phrase such as anti-toxischer Körper “anti-toxic body” (1891).
GC: n S: TEX – http://www.texasheart.org/HIC/Topics/Meds/blodmeds.cfm (last access: 31 October 2014); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3654192/ (last access: 1 August 2021); NHS – https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/anticoagulants/ (last access: 1 August 2021). N: 1. adj. “that prevents or retards coagulation,” 1886, from anti– ((word-forming element meaning “against, opposed to, opposite of, instead,” from Old French
GC: n S: NHS – https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/antifungal-medicines/ (last access: 15 November 2018); Patient – https://goo.gl/SK3JtQ (last access: 15 November 2018). N: 1. From anti- (word-forming element of Greek origin meaning “against, opposed to, opposite of, instead,”) + fung- (from fungus, “a mushroom,” from Latin fungus “a mushroom, fungus;” used in English at first
GC: n S: EncBrit – http://global.britannica.com/technology/antipersonnel-mine (last access: 10 October 2015); The monitor – http://www.the-monitor.org/index.php/LM/The-Issues/Landmines (last access: 19 November 2013). N: 1. A mine designed to wound, kill or otherwise incapacitate personnel. 2. It may be detonated by the action of its victim. 3. anti-personnel mine; A pers mine: term,
GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/hiv/topics/treatment/en/index.html (last access: 14 December 2013); http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1533218-overview (last access: 14 December 2013). N: 1. Standard antiretroviral therapy (ART) consists of the combination of at least three antiretroviral (ARV) drugs to maximally suppress the HIV virus and stop the progression of HIV disease. 2. Huge reductions
GC: n S: DOCK – https://bit.ly/3dZQhFs (last access: 27 October 2020); SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/nursing-and-health-professions/antisepsis (last access: 30 October 2020). N: 1. Composed of anti- “against” and sepsis “putrefaction” which orginates from Latin antisepsis, which originates from Greek roots. The first known use of antisepsis was in the year 1875. 2. The process of
GC: n S: HLN – https://www.healthline.com/health/anxiety (last access: 7 November 2020 ); NHS – https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/generalised-anxiety-disorder/ (last access: 7 November 2020). N: 1. 1520s, “apprehension caused by danger, misfortune, or error, uneasiness of mind respecting some uncertainty, a restless dread of some evil” from Latin anxietatem (nominative anxietas) “anguish, anxiety, solicitude,” noun
GC: n S: http://www.webmd.com/heart/picture-of-the-aorta (last access: 14 July 2015); http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2761381/ (last access: 14 July 2015). N: 1. 1570s, from Medieval Latin aorta, from Greek aorte, term applied by Aristotle to the great artery of the heart, literally “what is hung up,” from aeirein “to lift, heave, raise,” which is of
GC: n S: UNRIC – http://www.unric.org/en/nelson-mandela-day/26991-un-and-apartheid-from-1946-to-mandela-day- (last access: 12 December 2014); BBC – http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-25249520 (last access: 12 December 2014). N: 1. apartheid (n): 1947 (policy begun 1948), from Afrikaans apartheid (1929 in a South African socio-political context), literally “separateness,” from Dutch apart “separate” (from French àpart) + suffix -heid. “Segregation”
GC: n S: PASA – https://pasa.org/awareness/difference-between-monkeys-and-apes/ (last access: 5 October 2023); CGA – https://centerforgreatapes.org/about-apes/ (last access: 5 October 2023). N: 1. Old English apa (fem. ape) “an ape, a monkey,” from Proto-Germanic *apan (source also of Old Saxon apo, Old Norse api, Dutch aap, German affe), probably a borrowed word,
GC: n S: http://www.allaboutcounseling.com/library/aphonia/ (last access: 28 February 2016); http://www.mountsinai.org/patient-care/health-library/diseases-and-conditions/aphonia (last access: 28 February 2016). N: 1. “want of voice, loss of voice, having no sound,” 1719, from Modern Latin aphonia, from Greek aphonia “speechlessness,” noun of quality from aphonos “voiceless,” from a-, privative prefix, + phone “voice,” from PIE
GC: n S: SSS – https://www.socialsciencespace.com/2023/05/aporophobia-why-people-reject-the-poor/ (last access: 2 December 2023); ACL – https://aclanthology.org/2023.woah-1.12/ (last access: 2 December 2023). N: 1. Neologism (portmanteau word) created from the Spanish aporofobia, and this from the Ancient Greek άπορος (á-poros), without resources, indigent, poor, and φόβος (phobos), fear. 2. Cortina coined the term
GC: n S: UMMC – http://umm.edu/health/medical/ency/articles/appendectomy (last access: 3 November 2016); UWH – http://www.uwhealth.org/healthfacts/surgery/5292.html (last access: 3 November 2016). N: 1. 1891, a hybrid from appendix (1540s, “subjoined addition to a document or book,” from Latin appendix “an addition, continuation, something attached,” from appendere. Used for “small outgrowth of an
GC: n S: UMMS – http://umm.edu/health/medical/altmed/condition/appendicitis (last access: 25 November 2016); MYCLINIC – https://goo.gl/xwdoz4 (last access: 25 November 2016). N:1. 1886, from Latin stem of appendix, in the medical sense, + -itis “nflammation”. 2. Inflammation of the vermiform appendix. 3. In 1735, Dr. Claudius Amyand performed the world’s first successful
GC: n S: WebMD – http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/picture-of-the-appendix (last access: 1 December 2016); http://www.healthline.com/human-body-maps/appendix (last access: 2 December 2016); BMT p. 6. N: 1. 1540s, “subjoined addition to a document or book,” from Latin appendix “an addition, continuation, something attached,” from appendere. Used for “small outgrowth of an internal organ” from 1610s,
GC: n S: VWM – https://www.verywellmind.com/spider-fears-or-arachnophobia-2671679 (last access:17 November 2020); PSY – https://www.psycom.net/arachnophobia-fear-of-spiders (last access:17 November 2020). N: 1. 1920s; modern Latin ‘arachnophobia’ from Greek arakhnē ‘spider’ and from Greek –phobia– which means ‘extreme or irrational fear or dislike of a specified thing or group’. 2. A phobia of spiders.
GC: n S: ICJ – http://www.icj-cij.org/court/index.php?p1=1&p2=1 (last access: 27 November 2014); UN – http://www.un.org/press/en/2014/gal3479.doc.htm (last access: 27 November 2014). N: 1. arbitration (n): late 14c., “absolute decision,” from Old French arbitracion, from Latin arbitrationem (nominative arbitratio) “judgment, will,” noun of action from past participle stem of arbitrari “to be of
GC: n S: http://www.fao.org/docrep/t0122e/t0122e03.htm (last access: 7 July 2016); http://oppenheimer.mcgill.ca/From-Arid-Zones-into-the-Desert?lang=en (last access: 12 March 2013) N: Either of the zones of latitude 15–30° N and S characterized by very low rainfall and desert or semidesert terrain. S: http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/arid-zone (last access: 2 September 2013) SYN: S: CR: desert, desertification, drought, erosion.
GC: n S: FWW – http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/armistice.htm (last access: 7 November 2014); EncBrit – http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/35413/armistice (last access: 7 November 2014). N: 1. 1707, from French armistice (1680s), from Latin arma “arms” + -stitium, suffixed form of root sta- “to stand”. The word is attested in English from 1660s in the Latin
GC: n S: ABC – https://goo.gl/z2xLr5 (last access: 4 November 2017); FCN – https://goo.gl/ByAx7z (last access: 4 November 2017). N: 1. 1864, from arson (“malicious burning of property,” 1670s, from Anglo-French arsoun (late 13c.), Old French arsion, from Late Latin arsionem (nominative arsio) “a burning,” noun of action from past
GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/malaria/media/artemisinin_resistance_qa/en/ (last access: 29 July 2015); http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=24010 (last access: 12 November 2013); DORLAND. N: 1. First use: 1970s. Origin: blend of “artemisia” and “quinine”. 2. artemisinin, also called qinghaosu, antimalarial drug derived from the sweet wormwood plant, Artemisia annua. Artemisinin is a sesquiterpene lactone (a
GC: n S: CDC – https://goo.gl/34bEWk (last access: 25 October 2017); GHR – https://goo.gl/pK91yU (last access: 25 October 2017). N: 1.From Latin arterio- + sclerosis, “hardening of the arteries” 1885, medical Latin. We can find this term related to the prefix Wer- in etymology. Wer-(1): proto-Indo-European root meaning “to raise,
GC: n S: HHP – https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/When_arteries_get_inflamed (last access: 23 December 2019); WebMD – https://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/arteritis-giant-cell#1 (last access: 23 December 2019). N: 1. New Latin. First Known Use of arteritis: circa 1820. Arterial inflammation. 2. Arteritis, inflammation of an artery or arteries. Arteritis may occur in a number of diseases, including syphilis,