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

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/occupational_health/publications/airdust/en/ (last access: 12 July 2016); ILO –

GC: n S: WHO – https://bit.ly/2FKBHEr (last access: 22 November 2018); BBC – https://bbc.in/2TV2iBy (last access: 22 November 2018). N: 1. “inflammation of the sinuses,” 1896; from “sinus” (“hollow curve or cavity in the body,” early 15c., from Medieval Latin sinus, from Latin sinus “bend, fold, curve, a bent surface;

GC: n S: NIH – https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/sjogren-syndrome (last access: 21 May 2017); Medscape – https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/332125-overview (last access: 4 April 2018). N: 1. – Sjögren (pn): Henrik Samuel Conrad Sjögren was a Swedish ophthalmologist (1899 – 1986). – syndrome (n): “A number of symptoms occurring together,” 1540s, from medical Latin, from Greek

GC: n S: UNICEF – http://www.unicef.org/protection/usa_39234.html (last access: 31 January 2016); ILO – http://ihscslnews.org/view_article.php?id=341 (last access: 31 January 2016). N: 1. late 13c., “person who is the chattel or property of another,” from Old French esclave (13c.), from Medieval Latin Sclavus “slave” (source also of Italian schiavo, French esclave, Spanish

See slavery

See slave

GC: n S: UN – http://www.un.org/en/events/slaveryabolitionday/ (last access: 31 January 2016); ILO – http://goo.gl/Nos58 (last access: 31 January 2016); EncBrit – http://www.britannica.com/topic/slavery-sociology (last access: 1.02.2016). N: 1. 1550s, “severe toil, hard work, drudgery;” from slave (v.) + -ery. Meaning “state of servitude” is from 1570s; meaning “keeping or holding of

GC: n S: CC – https://goo.gl/eLtKk8 (last access: 20 November 2018); WebMD – https://wb.md/2KyLb7R (last access: 20 November 2018). N: 1. – sleeping (adj): c. 1300, present-participle adjective from sleep (v.). Sleeping-pill is from 1660s; sleeping-bag is from 1850; sleeping sickness as a specific African tropical disease is first recorded

See African trypanosomiasis

GC: n S: http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/exhibits/disasters/blizzard.htm (last access: 25 June 2015); http://www2.epa.gov/region8-waterops/emergencies-and-security-natural-disasters (last access: 25 June 2015). N: 1. c.1300, slete, either from an unrecorded Old English *slete, *slyte, related to Middle High German sloz, Middle Low German sloten (plural) “hail,” from Proto-Germanic *slautjan- (cognates: dialectal Norwegian slutr, Danish slud, Swedish sloud

GC: n S: http://www.livestrong.com/slow-healing-wounds/ (last access: 12 March 2013); http://www.diabetes.co.uk/symptoms/slow-healing-of-wounds.html (last access: 27 July 2015). N: Causes of slow wound healing. There are a number of things that can delay or complicate the healing of wounds, including: Diabetes mellitus Low HGH (human growth hormone) Rheumatoid arthritis Vascular or arterial diseases

Grammatical category: n Term sources: http://www.livestrong.com/slow-healing-wounds/ (last access: 6 March 2013); http://www.diabetes.co.uk/symptoms/slow-healing-of-wounds.html (last access: 2 September 2014). Notes: Notes’ sources: Synonyms: Synonyms’ sources:

GC: n S: UNODC – https://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/Migrant_smuggling_in_North_Africa_June_2010_ebook_E_09-87293.pdf (last access: 4 June 2023); JSTOR – https://www.jstor.org/stable/44148674 (last access: 4 June 2023). N: 1. – small (adj): Middle English smal, smale, from Old English smæl “thin, slender, narrow; fine,” from Proto-Germanic *smal- “small animal; small” (source also of Old Saxon, Danish, Swedish, Middle

GC: n S: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/04/30/small-hail-chance-in-scattered-thundershowers-2-10-p-m-today/ (last access: 15 July 2015); http://www.ktvq.com/story/29182535/q2-weather-just-a-little-free-lawn-watering-with-small-hail-today (last access: 15 July 2015). N: 1. small (adj): Old English smæl “thin, slender, narrow; fine,” from Proto-Germanic *smal- “small animal; small”. hail (n): “frozen rain, pellets of ice falling in showers,” Old English hægl, hagol (Mercian hegel) “hail, hailstorm,”

GC: n S: CDC – http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/ (last access: 10 December 2013); Mednet – http://www.medicinenet.com/smallpox/article.htm (last access: 28 July 2015); DORLAND. N: 1. smallpox (n.): acute, highly contagious disease, 1510s, small pokkes, as distinguished from great pox “syphillis;” from small-pock “pustule caused by smallpox” (mid-15c.); see small (adj.) + pox. Compare

GC: n S: CDC – https://www.cdc.gov/smallpox/vaccine-basics/index.html (last access: 9 June 2024); WHO – https://www.who.int/news-room/spotlight/history-of-vaccination/history-of-smallpox-vaccination (last access: 9 June 2024). N: 1. – smallpox (n): acute, highly contagious disease, 1510s, small pokkes, as distinguished from great pox “syphilis;” from small-pock “pustule caused by smallpox” (mid-15c.); see small (adj.) + pox. Compare

GC: n S: http://www.toolkitsportdevelopment.org/html/topic_03DF8A69-0DAC-47D5-8A14-1E1833901BFE_BBA5D8DC-5C40-4F9C-A6A4-0268098134D7_1.htm (last access: 25 April 2013); http://web.undp.org/evaluation/handbook/ch2-4.html (last access: 2 September 2014). N: SMART criteria were originally proposed as a management tool for project and program managers to set goals and objectives (Doran 1981 and others), but these days the SMART criteria have been well accepted in

GC: n S: EPA – https://bit.ly/2Rlqj32 (last access: 12 April 2019); SD – https://bit.ly/2sO8DBh (last access: 12 April 2019). N: 1. 1905, blend of smoke and fog, formed “after Lewis Carrol’s example” (Klein; see portmanteau). Reputedly coined in reference to London, and first attested there in a paper read by

Grammatical category: Term sources: GDT Notes: Notes’ sources: Synonyms: Synonyms’ sources:

GC: n S: NatGeo – https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/facts/snakes-1 (last access: 7 September 2024); SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/snake (last access: 7 September 2024). N: 1. Middle English snake, “a long, limbless reptile,” from Old English snaca, from Proto-Germanic *snakon (source also of Old Norse snakr “snake,” Swedish snok, German Schnake “ring snake”), from PIE

GC: n S: https://books.google.com/books?id=FRREP4qhdDoC (last access: 26 March 2015) N: 1. a person who shoots at another person from a hidden place. The soldiers were attacked by a sniper. — often used before another noun: a sniper attack. snipe (v.): “shoot from a hidden place,” 1773 (among British soldiers in

GC: n S: http://www.jedburghgs.co.uk/personal-and-social-education.html (last access: 22 October 2013); http://www.socialstudies.org/publications/socialeducation (last access: 2 September 2014). N: Most social education is based on a single rationale without sufficient concern for its limitations. This results in a great deal of mindless and narrow instruction. S: http://www.ascd.org/ASCD/pdf/journals/ed_lead/el_198205_stanley.pdf (last access: 29 July 2015) SYN:

GC: n S: Forbes – http://www.forbes.com/sites/devinthorpe/2012/09/30/28-award-winners-highlight-innovation-in-social-entrepreneurship/ (last access: 30 October 2012); SSIR – https://ssir.org/articles/entry/social_entrepreneurship_the_case_for_definition (last access: 8 October 2024). N:- social (adj): early 15c., “devoted to or relating to home life;” 1560s as “living with others,” from French social (14c.) and directly from Latin socialis “of companionship, of allies; united,