GC: S: WOAH – https://www.woah.org/en/disease/classical-swine-fever/ (last access: 19 October 2024); CDC – https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/4/17-1319_article (last access: 19 October 2024). N: 1. – classical (adj): 1590s, “of the highest rank” (originally in literature), from “classic” + “-al” (1). Classical music (1836) was defined originally against romantic music. – swine (n): Old English

GC: n S: Harvard – https://www.harvard.edu/about-harvard/harvard-glance/about-faculty (last access: 31 May 2020); AAUP – https://www.aaup.org/report/inclusion-governance-faculty-members-holding-contingent-appointments (last access: 31 May 2020). N: 1. Late 14c., “ability, opportunity, means, resources,” from Old French faculte “skill, accomplishment, learning” (14c., Modern French faculté) and directly from Latin facultatem (nominative facultas) “power, ability, capability, opportunity; sufficient number, abundance, wealth,” from *facli-tat-s,

GC: n S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1421/ (last access: 11 June 2017); SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S135380200400197X (last access: 25 September 2024). N: 1. – Fahr (pn): Karl Theodor Fahr (1877 – 1945) was a German pathologist. – disease (n): Early 14c., from Old French desaise (‘discomfort, inconvenience’), des– (‘dis = without, away’)

GC: adj S: UNICEF – http://www.unicef.org/republicadominicana/english/reallives_16578.htm (last access: 7 June 2015) N: 1. c. 1300, “enfeebled; wearied, exhausted,” from Old French faint, feint “false, deceitful; sham, artificial; weak, faint, lazy, indolent, cowardly,” past participle of feindre “hesitate, falter, be indolent, show weakness, avoid one’s duty by pretending” (see feign). Also

GC: n S: SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S088761850200169X (last access: 24 June 2023); SAGEJ – https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1403494809105026?journalCode=sjpc (last access: 24 June 2023). N: 1. early 14c., “feebleness, weariness,” from faint (adj.) + -ness. Meaning “exhaustion” is mid-15c. Of color, light, etc., from 1640s. also from early 14c. 2. the state or condition of being faint :

GC: n S: FT – https://bit.ly/2HFV0vn (last access: 27 December 2018); (last access: 27 December 2018); UN – https://bit.ly/2RoW0Ms (last access: 27 December 2018). N: 1. – fair (adj): Old English fæger “pleasing to the sight (of persons and body features, also of objects, places, etc.); beautiful, handsome, attractive,” of

GC: n S: https://www.familycarenetwork.com/provider-types/what-is-a-family-physician-md (last access: 17 May 2016); http://www.aafp.org/home.html (last access: 17 May 2016); http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2726108/ (last access: 17 May 2016). N: 1. family (n): early 15c., “servants of a household,” from Latin familia “family servants, domestics collectively, the servants in a household,” thus also “members of a household, the

GC: n S: http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/famine (last access: 3 September 2014); http://eur-lex.europa.eu/budget/data/AP2005_VOL0/EN/Vol0_en.pdf (last access: 12 March 2013); DORLAND. N: 1. mid-14c., from Old French famine “hunger” (12c.), from Vulgar Latin famina, from Latin fames “hunger, starvation, famine,” of unknown origin. 2. Famine refers to an episode of starvation that is attended by

GC: n S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10142171/ (last access: 14 December 2023); WebMD – https://www.webmd.com/obesity/ss/slideshow-fasting-overview (last access: 14 December 2023). N: 1. – fast (n): “act of fasting,” late Old English fæsten “voluntary abstinence from food and drink or from certain kinds of food,” especially, but not necessarily, as a religious

GC: adj S: WHO – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs103/en/ (last access: 6 June 2015); http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1286457914003037 (last access: 6 June 2015). N: 1. late 14c., “decreed by fate,” also “fraught with fate,” from Middle French fatal (14c.) and directly from Latin fatalis “ordained by fate, decreed, destined; destructive, deadly,” from fatum; sense of “causing

GC: n S: MAYO – https://mayocl.in/1JPq7NK (last access: 14 June 2016); MedicineNet.com – https://bit.ly/2S8OaDh (last access: 14 June 2016). N: 1. 1660s, “that which causes weariness,” from French fatigue “weariness,” from fatiguer “to tire” (15c.), from Latin fatigare “to weary, to tire out,” originally “to cause to break down,” from

GC: n S: FAO – http://www.fao.org/docrep/019/i3481e/i3481e.pdf (last access: 1 January 2016); WHO – http://www.who.int/nutrition/topics/complementary_feeding/en/ (last access: 1 January 2016). N: 1. “Act of taking food,” Old English feding, verbal noun from feed (v.). Feeding frenzy is from 1989, metaphoric extension of a phrase that had been used of sharks since

GC: n S: SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/felid (last access: 11 September 2024); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7152389/ (last access: 11 September 2024). N: 1. New Latin Felidae, family name, from Felis, genus of cats, from Latin, cat. First Known Use: circa 1889. 2. felid (noun): cat (sense 1b); felid (adjective). any of a

See felid, and please read remarks.

GC: n S: UNICEF – http://www.unicef.org/protection/57929_58002.html (last access: 14 November 2013); WHO – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs241/en/ (last access: 16 December 2014); https://www.gov.uk/female-genital-mutilation (last access: 17 December 2014). N: 1. . female (n): early 14c., from Old French femelle “woman, female” (12c.), from Medieval Latin femella “a female,” from Latin femella “young female,

GC: n S: BBC – http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/abortion/medical/infanticide_1.shtml (last access: 10 November 2013); http://www2.webster.edu/~woolflm/femaleinfanticide.html (last access: 23 August 2015). N: 1. Female infanticide is the deliberate killing of girl babies. 2. Female infanticide is more common than male infanticide, and in some countries, particularly India and China, is likely to have serious

GC: n S: BBC –  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67489395 (last access: 11 January 2024); NBC –https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fentanyl-stimulants-drives-fourth-wave-overdose-epidemic-us-rcna104953 (last access: 11 January 2024). N: 1. The term fentanyl is apparently formed within English, by derivation. It is formed by comb. form phen- + the noun anilide which is a species of alkalamide + the suffix

GC: n CT: The word “fermentation” has undergone many changes in meaning during the past hundred years. According to the derivation of the term, it signifies merely a gentle bubbling or boiling condition. The term was first applied when the only known reaction of this kind was the production of

GC: n S: Yale – http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1982/7/82.07.08.x.html (last access: 16 May 2016); NCBI – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12858480 (last access: 16 May 2016). N: 1. late 14c., “the young while in the womb or egg” (tending to mean vaguely the embryo in the later stage of development), from Latin fetus (often, incorrectly, foetus) “the

GC: n S: WebMD – http://www.webmd.com/drug-medication/otc-pain-relief-10/cold-flu-fever-reducers (last access: 7 December 2014); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8394829/ (last access: 23 June 2024). N: 1. earlier also feaver, late Old English fefor, fefer “fever, temperature of the body higher than normal,” from Latin febris “fever,” related to fovere “to warm, heat,” probably from PIE

GC: n S: NMCTH.EDU – http://www.nmcth.edu/images/gallery/Editorial/Hbrpeajha.pdf (last access: 17 December 2015); NEWS-MEDICAL.NET – http://www.news-medical.net/health/What-is-Filariasis.aspx (last access: 17 December 2015). N: 1. From Latin filum which means ‘thread’. From Greek osis which means ‘condition’. 2. Filariasis, a group of infectious disorders caused by threadlike nematodes of the superfamily Filarioidea, that invade

See forest fire

GC: n S: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/firstaid.html (last access: 6 October 2015); http://kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/ (last access: 6 October 2015). N: 1. First Aid: The immediate but temporary care given on site to the victims of an accident or sudden illness in order to avert complications, lessen suffering, and sustain life until competent services or

GC: n S: ARC – http://www.redcross.org/prepare/location/home-family/get-kit/anatomy (last access: 4 November 2014); http://kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/home/firstaid_kit.html (last access: 6 August 2015). N: 1. Compound term. First: from Old English fyrst “foremost,” superlative of fore; from Proto-Germanic furisto-. Aid: from Old French aide, earlier aiudha “aid, help, assistance” (9c.), from Late Latin adjuta. Kit: late