GC: n S: UNICEF – http://www.unicef.org.au/Discover/News/January-2012/World-Education-Games.aspx (last access: 6 march 2013); STANFORD – http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/march/games-education-tool-030113.html (last access: 3 September 2014). N: Educational games are games explicitly designed with educational purposes, or which have incidental or secondary educational value. All types of games may be used in an educational environment. Educational games

GC: n S: http://regency.org/t_in_act/pdf/english/business.pdf (last access: 25 April 2013); http://www.esa.int/Education/Educational_material_from_ESA (last access: 3 September 2014). N: The field of educational materials (EM) refers to a subset of the book, games, Internet, and software publishing industries that is focused on providing resources to a variety of educational market segments. For instance,

GG: n S: UNESCO – http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001390/139023e.pdf (last access: 25 April 2013); UNESCO – http://www.unesco.org/iiep/PDF/TR_Mods/Qu_Mod1.pdf (last access: 3 September 2014). N: Education research is the scientific field of study that examines education and learning processes and the human attributes, interactions, organizations, and institutions that shape educational outcomes. Scholarship in the field

GC: n S: NAVARRO p. 312 & p. 954; GDT – http://www.granddictionnaire.com/ficheOqlf.aspx?Id_Fiche=10495229 (last access: 30 July 2015). N: Educational attainment or level of education of individuals. S: http://www.definitions.net/definition/educational%20status (last access: 30 July 2015) SYN: 1. level of education. 2. educational level. S: 1. GDT – http://www.granddictionnaire.com/ficheOqlf.aspx?Id_Fiche=10490186 (last access: 30 July

GC: n S: MAYO – http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/ehlers-danlos-syndrome/basics/definition/con-20033656 (last access: 17 May 2017); MEDLP – https://medlineplus.gov/spanish/ehlersdanlossyndrome.html (last access: 8 March 2018). N: 1. – Ehlers (pn): Edvard Lauritz Ehlers was a danish dermatologist (1863-1937) – Danlos (pn): was a french physician and dermatologist (1844 – 1912) – syndrome (n): “a number of

See “restless leg syndrome”: https://humantermuem.es/content/restless-leg-syndrome/?lang=en

GC: n S: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=53790#.V3vuMZOLRuU (last access: 5 July 2016); http://www.livescience.com/3650-el-nino.html (last access: 5 July 2016); https://www.climate.gov/enso (last access: 5 July 2016). N: 1. Since the 16th century, Spanish colonists in South America had written about these años de abundancia, when torrential rains made the desert bloom. They called it El

GC: n S: http://www.usbr.gov/tsc/water/publications/reportpdfs/Primer%20Files/07%20-%20Electrodialysis.pdf (last access: 18 September 2015); http://www.electrosynthesis.com/electrodialysis.html (last access: 18 September 2015). N: 1. A process employing an electrical current and an arrangement of permeable membranes for separating soluble minerals from water. 2. A process used for the deionization of water in which ions are removed, under

GC: n S: UNICEF – http://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/pdf/rc8_eng.pdf (last access: 30 October 2012); UNESCO – http://www.unesco.org/education/information/wer/PDFeng/wholewer.PDF (last access: 3 September 2014). N: The first six to eight years of a child’s education. S: http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/elementary-education (last access: 12 October 2015). SYN: S: CR: school enrolment

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs102/en/ (last access: 9 November 2015); CDC – http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/lymphaticfilariasis/index.html (last access: 9 November 2015). N: 1. 1580s, from Greek elephantos, genitive of elephas “elephant” + -iasis “pathological or morbid condition.” It refers to two diseases, one characterized by thickening of a body part (E. Arabum),

GC: n S: http://www.boston.com/news/world/africa/articles/2010/04/09/emaciated_children_signal_crisis_in_southern_sudan/ (last access: 25 April 2013); http://www.rightdiagnosis.com/symptom/emaciation.htm (last access: 3 September 2014). N: 1. 1660s, from Latin emaciationem, noun of state from past participle stem of emaciare (see emaciate), or perhaps a native formation from emaciate. emaciate (v.): 1620s “cause to lose flesh” (implied in emaciating), from

GC: n S: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/153704.php (last access: 13 June 2015); http://www.medicinenet.com/pulmonary_embolism/article.htm (last access: 13 June 2015). N: 1. late 14c., “intercalation, insertion of days into a calendar,” from Old French embolisme “intercalation,” from Late Latin embolismus “insertion of days in a calendar to correct errors,” from Late Greek embolismos “intercalation,” from

GC: n S: AustLII – http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/num_act/rihea200874o2008393/s3.html (last access: 16 May 2016); PGDCEM – http://www.pgdcem.com/en_index.html (last access: 16 May 2016). N: 1. “fetus in utero at an early stage of development,” mid-14c., from Medieval Latin embryo, properly embryon, from Greek embryon “a young one,” in Homer, “young animal,” later, “fruit of

GC: n S: EmergPubl – http://emergentpublications.com/ECO/about_eco.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 (last access: 3 September 2014); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26824625 (last access: 12 May 2018). N: 1. 1640s, “unforeseen occurrence,” from French émergence, from emerger, from Latin emergere “rise up” (see emerge). Meaning “an emerging, process of coming forth” is from 1704. 2. Three meanings: I.

GC: n S: ReliefWeb – https://reliefweb.int/report/world/emergency-aid-10-1-facts (last access: 2 July 2024); IGI – https://www.igi-global.com/dictionary/emergency-aid/80506 (last access: 2 July 2024). N: 1. – emergency (n): “unforeseen occurrence requiring immediate attention,” 1630s, from Latin emergens, present participle of emergere “to rise out or up” (see emerge). Or from emerge + -ency. As

GC: n S: Medicare – https://bit.ly/2DvssVA (last access: 24 January 2019); GOV.UK – https://bit.ly/2MsMPW3 (last access: 24 January 2019). N: – emergency (n): “unforeseen occurrence requiring immediate attention,” 1630s, from Latin emergens, present participle of emergere “to rise out or up” (see emerge). Or from emerge + -ency. As an

GC: n S : https://stanfordhealthcare.org/medical-clinics/emergency-department.html (last access: 29 July 2015); http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/emergency-department.htm (last access: 29 July 2015). N: 1. The department of a hospital responsible for the provision of medical and surgical care to patients arriving at the hospital in need of immediate care. Emergency department personnel may also respond to

GC: n S: NCBI – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3427567 (last access: 26 July 2015); Springer – http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF00271820#page-1 (last access: 26 July 2015). N: 1. “action of vomiting,” 1875, medical Latin, from Greek emesis “a vomiting,” from emein “to vomit” (see emetic). 2. vomiting, also called emesis, the forcible ejection of stomach contents from

GC: n S: http://www.emetophobia.com/ (last access: 26 July 2015); http://www.emetophobiahelp.org/fact-sheet.html (last access: 26 July 2015). N: 1. From Greek εμετός, to vomit, and φόβος (phóbos), meaning “fear”). 2. An abnormal and persistent fear of vomiting. S: 1. http://www.righttracktherapy.co.uk/106-treatment-areas/369-emitophobia d (last access: 26 July 2015). 2. TERMIUMPLUS. SYN: S: CR: emesis,

GC: n S: VCDH – https://at.virginia.edu/2FqKBpP (last access: 22 January 2013); UNESCO – https://bit.ly/2VRAShf (last access: 3 September 2014). N: 1. – emigrant (n.): “one who quits a country or region to settle in another,” 1754, from Latin emigrantem (nominative emigrans), present participle of emigrare “move away” (see emigration). As

GC: n S: STUD – https://bit.ly/2TSmpPZ (last access: 11 April 2017); TIT – https://bit.ly/2HfEzKd (last access: 11 April 2017). N: 1. 1640s, from Late Latin emigrationem (nominative emigratio) “removal from a place,” noun of action from past participle stem of Latin emigrare “move away, depart from a place,” from assimilated

GC: n S: The Guardian – https://bit.ly/2VUuZj9 (last access: 11 April 2017); BBC – https://bbc.in/2HbATsL (last access: 11 April 2017). N: 1. From French émigré, from past participle of émigrer to emigrate, from Latin emigrare. First Known Use: 1792. Late 18th century (originally denoting a person escaping the French Revolution):

See emoticon, especially note 7.

GC: n S: Wired – https://www.wired.co.uk/article/digital-humanitarianism (last access: 16 June 2020); The Guardian – https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/feb/06/difference-between-emoji-and-emoticons-explained (last access: 16 June 2020). N: 1. by 1994, apparently from “emotion” (1570s, “a (social) moving, stirring, agitation,” from Middle French émotion (16c.), from Old French emouvoir “stir up” (12c.), from Latin emovere “move out, remove, agitate,” from assimilated form of ex