GC: n S: http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Vitiligo/vitiligo_ff.asp (last access: 22 March 2016); https://www.aad.org/public/diseases/color-problems/vitiligo (last access: 22 March 2016). N: 1. 1650s, from Latin vitiligo “a kind of cutaneous eruption, tetter” (Celsus), perhaps with an original sense of “blemish,” from PIE *wi-tu-, from root *wei- “vice, fault, guilt”. 2. Etymology: L, vitium, blemish. A

GC: n S: http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/somalia/documents/press_corner/eu_somalia_brochure_en.pdf (last access: 6 March 2013); http://ec.europa.eu/education/policy/vocational-policy/index_en.htm (last access: 7 August 2015). N: Vocational education and training (VET). What is the Commission doing for vocational education and training? Based on the Copenhagen Process, the European Commission acts in partnership with national governments, employers’ and workers’ groups and

GC: n S: http://eng.uvm.dk/Education/Educational-and-vocational-guidance (last access: 31 July 2015); UNTERM – http://unterm.un.org/DGAACS/unterm.nsf/WebView/0703A2574C537D9685257ABF006B3CFF?OpenDocument (last access: March 2013); NAVARRO p. 1068. N: Every young man requires advice as to what kind of work will be most suitable for him keeping in view his abilities and aptitudes. When such an advice is given,

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

GC: n S: http://www.unv.org/how-to-volunteer/register-to-be-a-un-volunteer/humanitarian-and-peacekeeping-operations.html (last access: 23 February 2013); http://www.unv.org/how-to-volunteer/register-to-be-a-un-volunteer/humanitarian-and-peacekeeping-operations.html (last access: 4 September 2014); https://www.gov.uk/donate-volunteer-humanitarian-disaster (last access: 4 September 2014). N: 1. volunteer (n.): c.1600, “one who offers himself for military service,” from Middle French voluntaire, “one who volunteers,” also as an adjective, “voluntary,” from Latin voluntarius “voluntary, of

GC: n S: UNDDR – https://www.undrr.org/terminology/vulnerability (last access: 18 December 2023); HC – https://www.humanitariancoalition.ca/what-is-a-humanitarian-emergency (last access: 18 December 2023) N: 1. 1767, noun from vulnerable (q.v.). From Latin, vulnerare, to wound. 2. Life circumstances and/or discrimination based on physical, social or other characteristics that may reduce a person’s ability to

GC: n S: ICRC – http://www.icrc.org/customary-ihl/eng/docs/v1_cha_chapter44_rule156 (last access: 14 November 2013); EncBrit – http://global.britannica.com/topic/war-crime (last access: 11 July 2015). N: 1. The majority of war crimes involve death, injury, destruction or unlawful taking of property. However, not all acts necessarily have to result in actual damage to persons or objects

GC: n S: RCH – http://www.rch.org.au/uploadedfiles/main/content/haematology/warfarin_information_for_parents_and_children_4_aug08_.pdf (last access: 13 February 2016); Drugs.com – http://www.drugs.com/warfarin.html (last access: 28 February 2013). N: 1. Warfarin (n.): 1950, from WARF, acronym from Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation + -arin, from Coumarin. The organization describes itself as “an independent, nonprofit foundation chartered to support research at

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

See Sierterm: http://www.sierterm.es/tiki-index.php?page=waste+of+electrical+and+electronic+equipment

GC: n S: http://water.usgs.gov/edu/wuww.html (last access: 7 August 2015); FAO – http://www.fao.org/docrep/t0551e/t0551e05.htm (last access: 6 July 2015); EncBrit – http://global.britannica.com/technology/wastewater-treatment (last access: 7 August 2015). N: 1. wastewater treatment, also called sewage treatment, the removal of impurities from wastewater, or sewage, before they reach aquifers or natural bodies of water

GC: n S: UNICEF – http://www.unicef.org/media/files/wes_tables.pdf (last access: 14 October 2012); WHO – http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/publications/aww2.pdf (last access: 7 July 2015). N: water (n): Middle English, from Old English wæter; akin to Old High German wazzar water, Greek hydōr, Latin unda wave. coverage (n): mid-15c., “charge for a booth at a fair,”

See SIERTERM: https://sierterm.es/content/water-footprint

GC: n S: EEEAS – http://www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/trinidad/eu_trinidad/humanitarian_aid/index_en.htm (last access: 28 February 2013); NRDC – http://www.nrdc.org/water/ (last access: 9 July 2015). N: – water (n): First Known Use: As noun: before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a (the liquid that descends from the clouds as rain, forms streams,

GC: n S: UNDP – http://www.undp.ps/en/fsh/43772.pdf (last access: 16 July 2012); WHO – http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/publications/aww2.pdf (last access: 7 July 2015); http://www.iwaponline.com/ws/toc.htm (last access: 7 July 2015). N: 1. – water (n): Middle English, from Old English wæter; akin to Old High German wazzar water, Greek hydōr, Latin unda wave. – supply

GC: n S: UNESCO – http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001229/122948e.pdf (last access: 30 October 2012); WHO – http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/diseases/en/ (last access: 14 October 2015). N: Water, sanitation and hygiene have important impacts on both health and disease. Water-related diseases include: those due to micro-organisms and chemicals in water people drink; diseases like schistosomiasis which have

GC: n S: https://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/pressreleases/2015-12-30/weather-and-war-put-humanitarian-system-under-unprecedented (last access: 17 July 2016); http://edition.cnn.com/2015/12/30/weather/el-nino-1016-effects/ (last access: 17 July 2016). N: 1. Middle English weder, from Old English; akin to Old High German wetar weather, Old Church Slavic vetrŭ wind First Known Use: before 12th century 2. State of the atmosphere at a particular time,

GC: n S: MN – http://www.medicinenet.com/wegeners_granulomatosis/article.htm (last access: 12 June 2017); emedicine – https://www.emedicinehealth.com/wegener_granulomatosis/article_em.htm (last access: 4 May 2018). N: 1. – Wegener (pn): Friedrich Wegener was a German pathologist (1907-1990). – granulomatosis (n): 1911, granuloma + -t- from Greek + –ōsis. 2. Wegener’s granulomatosis is a very rare disease

GC: n S: NORD – https://rarediseases.org/es/rare-diseases/west-nile-encephalitis/ (last access: 16 August 2024); EncephInt – https://www.encephalitis.info/types-of-encephalitis/infectious-encephalitis/west-nile-encephalitis/ (last access: 16 August 2024). N: 1. – West (adj): As an adjective from late 14c.; as a noun from late 12c. West used in geopolitical sense from World War I (Britain, France, Italy, as opposed

GC: n S: NICD – https://www.nicd.ac.za/diseases-a-z-index/west-nile-fever/ (last access: 16 August 2024); GOV.UK – https://www.gov.uk/guidance/west-nile-fever (last access: 16 August 2024). N: 1. – West (adj): As an adjective from late 14c.; as a noun from late 12c. West used in geopolitical sense from World War I (Britain, France, Italy, as opposed

GC: n S: CDC – https://www.cdc.gov/west-nile-virus/about/index.html (last access: 16 August 2024); WHO – https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/west-nile-virus (last access: 16 August 2024). N: 1. – West (adj): As an adjective from late 14c.; as a noun from late 12c. West used in geopolitical sense from World War I (Britain, France, Italy, as opposed

GC: n S: NORD – https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/west-syndrome/ (last access: 6 November 2015); MD – http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1176431-overview (last access: 6 November 2015). N: 1. The syndrome’s namesake, Dr W J West, gave the first detailed description of infantile spasms, which occurred in his own child. 2. In a letter to the editor of

GC: pln S: WaPo – https://wapo.st/2B0fldb (last access: 24 January 2019); Newsweek – https://bit.ly/1obTgw3 (last access: 24 January 2019). N: 1. wetback (n.): “illegal Mexican immigrant to the U.S.,” c.1924, from wet (adj.) + back (n.); from notion of wading the Rio Grande. 2. First use: 1929. Origin: the practice

GC: n S: MNT – http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/188228.php (last access: 30 March 2017); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC88990/ (last access: 4 April 2018). N: 1. – Whipple (pn): George Hoyt Whipple (1878 – 1976), American pathologist whose discovery that raw liver fed to chronically bled dogs will reverse the effects of anemia led directly