GC: n S: NIH – http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spleendiseases.html (last access: 29 July 2015); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537307/ (last access: 21 July 2024). N: 1. c.1300, from Old French esplen, from Latin splen, from Greek splen “the milt, spleen,” from PIE *spelgh- “spleen, milt” (cognates: Sanskrit plihan-, Avestan sperezan, Armenian p’aicaln, Latin lien, Old

GC: n S: ScDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0976566220303155 (last access: 3 December 2020); HD – https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/spondylolisthesis (last access: 3 December 2020). N: 1. It comes from the medical Latin and from the Greek spondylos “a vertebra” (in plural “the backbone” variant of sphondylos, of uncertain origin) + oliothesis “dislocation, slipping”. 2. Forward displacement

GC: n S: http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/spore-bacteria.php (last access: 8 October 2015); https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002307.htm (last access: 8 October 2015). N: 1. “reproductive body in flowerless plants corresponding to the seeds of flowering ones,” 1836, from Modern Latin spora, from Greek spora “a seed, a sowing, seed-time,” related to sporas “scattered, dispersed,” sporos “a sowing,”

See chorea

GC: n S: http://completewellbeing.com/article/water-borne-diseases/ (last access: 23 September 2015); http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/water-stagnation-a-perennial-problem/article5315861.ece (last access: 23 September 2015). N: 1. stagnation (n): 1660s, noun of action from stagnate (v.). stagnate (v): 1660s, from Latin stagnatum, stagnatus, past participle of stagnare “to stagnate,” from stagnatum “standing water, pond, swamp,” perhaps from a PIE root

GC: n S: WHO – http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/en/d/Jh2918e/7.html#Jh2918e.7.1 (last access: 22 March 2018); Medscape – https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/788199-overview (last access: 23 March 2018). N: 1. – staphylococcal (adj): From the noun staphylococcus (New Latin, from Greek staphylē bunch of grapes + New Latin -coccus). First Known Use: 1900. of, relating to, caused by, or

GC: n S: Stategov – https://www.state.gov/ (last access: 12 March 2021); COE – https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/belgianchairmanship-federalstate (last access: 12 March 2021). N: 1. “political organization of a country, supreme civil power, government,” c. 1300, from special use of state (from Old French estat “position, condition; status, stature, station,” and directly from Latin

GC: n S: UMN – http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/gencomm/hrc29.html (last access: 22 April 2013); ETHZ – https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/14131/backgrounder_02_states_emergency.pdf (last access: 9 October 2021). N: 1. state of emergency, plural states of emergency (countable). When a government gives itself special powers in order to try to control an unusually difficult or dangerous situation, especially when this

GC: n S: UNHCR – http://bit.do/ezWu5 (last access: 8 November 2015); UNOHCHR – http://bit.do/ezWve (last access: 6 November 2015). N: 1. – stateless (adj): c. 1600, from state + -less. – person (n): early 13c., from Old French persone “human being, anyone, person” (12c., Modern French personne) and directly from

GC: n S: UNHCR – http://bit.do/ez3Gc (last access: 27 October 2016); USDepSt – http://bit.do/ez3Gn (last access: 2 November 2016). N: 1. From state (the political organization of a country, supreme civuk power, government) and less (word-forming element meaning “lacking, cannot be, does not”). 2.The condition of not being considered as

GC: n S: MosquitoCatalog – http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/files/pdfs/MQ0398.pdf (last access: 24 June 2016); BMC – https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-015-0793-6 (last access: 24 June 2016). N: 1. Scientific name for mosquito tiger or Aedes albopictus. 2. The mosquito Stegomyia albopicta, previously Aedes albopictus (Reinert & Harbach 2005), originating from Southeast Asia, has undergone a noteworthy expansion

GC: n S: NIH – https://stemcells.nih.gov/info/basics/1.htm (last access: 15 November 2016); MEDLP – https://medlineplus.gov/stemcells.html (last access: 16 November 2016). N: 1. – stem (n): Old English stemn, stefn “stem of a plant, trunk of a tree, “ also “either end-post of a ship,” from Proto- Germanic stamniz (source also of

GC: n S: NMDP – https://bethematch.org/transplant-basics/how-blood-stem-cell-transplants-work/ (last access: 11 January 2024); AMS – https://www.cancer.org/cancer/managing-cancer/treatment-types/stem-cell-transplant.html (last access: 11 January 2024) N: 1. – stem (n): In modern linguistics, the sense of “part of a word that remains unchanged through inflection” is from 1830. In biology, stem cell is attested by 1885.

GC: n S: http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/guide/stents-types-and-uses (last access: 21 September 2015); http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/stents (last access: 21 September 2015). N: 1. “tube implanted temporarily,” 1964, named for Charles T. Stent (1807-1885), English dentist. 2. A stent is a tiny wire mesh tube. It props open an artery and is left there permanently. When a

GC: n S: AAO – https://www.aao.org/eye-health/drugs/steroid-tablets (last access: 21 November 2023); NHS – https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/conditions-and-treatments/medicines-information/short-term-steroid-treatment/ (last access: 21 November 2023). N: 1. naturally occuring substance based on a carbon skeleton similar to that of sterol molecules, 1936, from sterol + –oid “resembling.” Related: Steroids. 2. steroid, any of a class of

See https://humantermuem.es/content/emoticon/?lang=en, and please read note 6.

GC: n S: Thebalance – https://bit.ly/2TDtsNv (last access: 3 August 2019); IG – https://bit.ly/2GGwQlx (last access: 3 August 2019). N: 1. Made up by two words: stock (the original Stock Market was a fish and meat market in the City of London near Mansion House; It was so called probably

See stock exchange

GC: n S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9858395/ (1 September 2024); HLN – https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/stockholm-syndrome (1 September 2024). N: 1. The term takes its name from a bank robbery in Stockholm, Sweden, in August 1973. The robber took four employees of the bank into the vault with him and kept them hostage for

GC: n S: SMH – http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/sydney-storm-12-areas-declared-natural-disaster-zones-20150422-1mr4up.html (last access: 25 June 2015); ICDO – http://www.icdo.org/en/disasters/natural-disasters/storms/ (last access: 25 June 2015). N: 1. Old English storm “violent disturbance of the atmosphere, tempest; onrush, attack, tumult; disturbance,” from Proto-Germanic sturmaz storm, from PIE stur-mo-, from root *(s)twer- “to turn, whirl”. Old French estour

GC: n S: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24034948 (last access: 16 January 2015); http://www.eudict.com/?lang=engrom&word=stoutness;%20burliness;%20portliness;%20corpulence;%20corpulency (last access: 16 January 2015). N: 1. From stout (adj): c.1300, “proud, valiant, strong,” from Old French estout “brave, fierce, proud,” earlier estolt “strong,” from a Germanic source from West Germanic stult- “proud, stately, strutting” (cognates: Middle Low German stolt

GC: n S: MEDNET – https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=12157 (last access: 4 November 2020); AAO – https://www.aao.org/eye-health/diseases/what-is-strabismus (last access: 4 November 2020). N: 1. The first time it was found in a document was in 1680. It comes from the medical Latin, from Greek strabismos, from strabizein, which means “to squint” and from strabos, which

GC: n S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4241729/ (last access: 20 June 2021); NHS – https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/antibiotics/antibiotic-antimicrobial-resistance/ (last access: 20 June 2021). N: 1. “line of descent, lineage, breed, ancestry,” c. 1200, from Old English strion, streon “a gain, acquisition, treasure; a begetting, procreation,” from Proto-Germanic *streu-nam- “to pile up,” from PIE *streu-, extended form of root *stere- “to spread.” Hence

GC: n S: Shipsbusiness – http://shipsbusiness.com/stranding-handling-checklist.html (last access: 15 June 2024); Arnold Ditkin – https://www.arnolditkin.com/blog/maritime/7-types-of-commercial-vessel-incidents-how-to-pr/ (last access: 15 June 2024). N: 1. Adjective, from present participle of verb “strand”. 1620s, “to drive aground on a sea-shore,” from strand (n.1). Compare beach (v.). The figurative sense of “leave helpless; be checked