GC: n S: NHS – http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Catarrh/Pages/Introduction.aspx (last access: 21 April 2017); WebMD – http://www.webmd.boots.com/cold-and-flu/cold-guide/catarrh-nasal-congestion (last access: 21 April 2017). N: 1. Late 14c., from Medieval Latin catarrus, from Late Latin catarrhus, from Greek katarrhous “a catarrh, a head cold,” literally “a flowing down,” earlier kata rrhoos, ultimately from kata “down”

GC: n S: http://www.news-medical.net/health/What-is-Catheter.aspx (last access: 21 September 2015); NIH – https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003981.htm (last access: 21 September 2015). N: 1. c.1600, from French cathéter, from Late Latin catheter “a catheter,” from Greek katheter “surgical catheter,” literally “anything let down,” from stem of kathienai “to let down, thrust in,” from kata “down”

GC: n S: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/%28ISSN%291522-726X (last access: 3 September 2014); NAVARRO p. 163. N: 1. From “catheter” (n.): c.1600, from French cathéter, from Late Latin catheter “a catheter,” from Greek katheter “surgical catheter,” literally “anything let down,” from stem of kathienai “to let down, thrust in,” from kata “down” (see cata-)

GC: n S: EC – http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/projects/civilian-ceasefire-monitoring-mechanisms_en (last access: 4 November 2015); UN – http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38498#.Vjxwg7cvfcs (last access: 6 November 2015). N: 1. Also cease-fire, “a cessation of shooting,” 1916, from verbal phrase cease fire, 1847 as a military command (formerly also signaled by bugles), from cease (v.) + fire (n.) in

GC: n S: http://www.lifetechnologies.com/es/en/home/references/gibco-cell-culture-basics/cell-lines.html (last access: 31 July 2015); http://www.lgcstandards-atcc.org/Products/Cells%20and%20Microorganisms/Cell%20Lines.aspx?geo_country=es (last access: 31 July 2015). N: 1. cell (n): early 12c., “small monastery, subordinate monastery” (from Medieval Latin in this sense), later “small room for a monk or a nun in a monastic establishment; a hermit’s dwelling” (c. 1300), from

GC: n S: http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/articles/human-cell-strains-vaccine-development (last access: 31 July 2015); http://www.fisher.co.uk/index.php/en/technical-support?catid=2&view=faq&faqid=32 (last access: 31 July 2015); N: 1. – cell (n): early 12c., “small monastery, subordinate monastery” (from Medieval Latin in this sense), later “small room for a monk or a nun in a monastic establishment; a hermit’s dwelling” (c. 1300),

GC: n S: ATMPH – https://goo.gl/MZr1t0 (last access: 4 November 2016); NMN – http://www.news-medical.net/health/Cervical-Cancer-Epidemiology.aspx (last access: 4 November 2016). N: 1. cervical (n): Early 15c., “ligament in the neck,” from Latin cervix “the neck, nape of the neck,” from PIE *kerw-o-, from root *ker- “horn, head”. Applied to various neck-like

GC: n S: NCBI – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22712372/ (last access: 5 October 2022); Springer – https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02852995 (last access: 5 October 2022). N: 1. From Latin cervico- + Greek odynē, pain. 2. Discomfort or more intense forms of pain that are localized to the cervical region. This term generally refers to pain in

GC: n S: HMS – http://cort.as/nCi2 (last access: 18 October 2016); MEDLP – http://cort.as/nCi3 (last access: 16 October 2016). N: 1. “Caesarean”: 1923, shortening of Caesarian section (1610s); supposedly from Caius Julius Caesar, who was said to have been delivered surgically, thus legend traces his cognomen to Latin caesus past participle of caedere “to cut”. 

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs340/en/ (last access: 19 November 2013); CDC – http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/chagas/ (last access: 2 May 2016). N: 1. Infection with the flagellate protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. It is transmitted to humans by bloodsucking reduviid bugs and is endemic in most rural areas of Central and South America. The

See Chagas disease

GC: n S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK499889/ (last access: 29 November 2019); MEDLP – https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001006.htm (last access: 29 November 2019). N: 1. small tumor in the eyelid, 1708, from Greek khalazion, diminutive of khalaza “hail, hailstone; small lump or knot; pimple,” from PIE root *gheled- “hail.” 2. An eyelid mass that

GC: n S: http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/ (last access: 26 February 2013); http://www.charitychoice.co.uk/ (last access: 2 September 2014); EncBrit. N: 1. mid-12c., “benevolence for the poor,” from Old French charité “(Christian) charity, mercy, compassion; alms; charitable foundation” (12c., Old North French carité), from Latin caritatem (nominative caritas) “costliness, esteem, affection” (in Vulgate often

GC: n S: http://www.uptodate.com/contents/cheilitis/abstract/1,18,19,23-28 (last access: 7 June 2016); http://www.medicinenet.com/chapped_lips_cheilitis/symptoms.htm (last access: 7 June 2016). N: 1. From Greek, cheilos, lip, and -itis, inflammation. 2. Cheilitis is the term used to describe inflamed lips. 3. Cheilitis is usually diagnosed by taking a careful history and by clinical examination. Swabs for

GC: n S: http://www.theguardian.com/world/chemical-weapons (last access: 1 September 2014); UN – http://www.un.org/disarmament/WMD/Chemical/ (last access: 18 December 2015). N: 1. chemical (adj): 1570s, “relating to chemistry,” from chemic “of alchemy” (a worn-down derivative of Medieval Latin alchimicus; see alchemy) + -al (1). In early use also of alchemy. Related: Chemically. weapon

See varicella vaccine

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs327/en/ (last access: 24 June 2016); ScNews – https://www.sciencenews.org/article/chikungunya-move (last access: 24 June 2016). N: 1. Chikungunya is a viral disease (genus Alphavirus) which is transmitted to humans by infected mosquitoes – including Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. The name chikungunya originates from a verb

GC: n S: CDC – https://www.cdc.gov/chikungunya/about/index.html (last access: 23 September 2024); Elsevier – https://www.elsevier.es/en-revista-medicina-universitaria-304-articulo-chikungunya-virus-a-general-overview-S1665579615000587 (last access: 23 September 2024). N: 1. – chikungunya (n): Chikungunya is a mosquito-borne viral disease that causes fever and severe joint pain. The disease was first recognized in 1952 during an outbreak in southern Tanzania.

GC: n S: ILO – http://www.ilo.org/ipec/facts/langen/index.htm (last access: 21 November 2013). 2. UN – http://www.un.org/en/globalissues/briefingpapers/childlabour/ (last access: 21 November 2013). 3. EncBrit – http://global.britannica.com/topic/child-labour (last access: 2 September 2015). GV: child labor S: TERMIUMPLUS SYN: S: CR: humanitarian aid

GC: n S: UNICEF – https://www.unicef.org/protection/child-marriage (last access: 8 November 2024); UNFPA – https://www.unfpa.org/child-marriage (last access: 8 November 2024). N: 1. – child (n): Old English cild “fetus, infant, unborn or newly born person,” from Proto-Germanic *kiltham (source also of Gothic kilþei “womb,” inkilþo “pregnant;” Danish kuld “children of the

GC: n S: BBC – http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/people/features/childrensrights/childrenofconflict/soldier.shtml (last access: 8 December 2013); EncBrit – http://global.britannica.com/topic/Child-Soldiers-From-Recruitment-to-Reintegration-1575121 (last access: 11 November 2013). N: 1. In many countries the child soldiers are under 15, the current minimum age for participation in hostilities and recruitment into armed forces as stipulated in Article 38 of the

GC: n S: NCBI – https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1139579/pdf/medhist00072-0005.pdf (last access: 28 October 2024); ACAOUP – https://academic.oup.com/book/27155/chapter-abstract/196559078?redirectedFrom=fulltext (last access: 28 October 2024). N: 1. Also child-bed, c.1200, “state of being in labor,” from child + bed (n.). In reference to a bed, real or metaphorical, on which something is born, from 1590s. 2.

GC: n S: http://www.childbirth.org/ (last access: 7 August 2015); http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childbirth.html (last access: 7 August 2015); WHO – http://www.who.int/patientsafety/implementation/checklists/childbirth/en/ (last access: 26 May 2017). Notes: 1. also child-birth, mid-15c., from child + birth (n.). 2. parturition, also called birth or childbirth, process of bringing forth a child from the uterus, or

GC: n S: http://www.els.net/WileyCDA/ElsArticle/refId-a0000694.html (last access: 25 July 2016); http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/08/chitin-biopolymer-chitosan-podcast (last access: 25 July 2016). N: 1. 1836, from French chitine, from Greek khiton “frock, tunic,” of soldiers, “coat of mail,” used metaphorically for “any coat or covering.” “Probably an Oriental word” (Liddell & Scott). Klein compares Hebrew kuttoneth “coat,”