GC: n S: NatGeo – https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish (last access: 12 September 2024); UHManoa – https://manoa.hawaii.edu/exploringourfluidearth/biological/fish/what-fish (last access: 12 September 2024). N: 1. “a vertebrate which has gills and fins adapting it for living in the water,” Old English fisc “fish,” from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (source also of Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Old

GC: n S: DrugWise – https://www.drugwise.org.uk/flashbacks/ (last access: 25 April 2020); Medscape – https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/288154-overview (last access: 25 April 2020). N: 1. 1903 in reference to fires in engines or furnaces, from verbal phrase (1902), from flash (v.) + back (adv.). Movie plot device sense is from 1916. The hallucinogenic drug sense is

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/resources/vector237to261.pdf (last access: 28 February 2016); Hastings – https://www.hastings.gov.uk/environment_planning/animals_pests/pest/fleas/ (last access: 28 February 2016). N: 1. Old English flea “flea,” from Proto-Germanic *flauhaz (cognates: Old Norse flo, Middle Dutch vlo, German Floh), perhaps related to Old English fleon “to flee,” with a notion of “the

GC: n S: BBC – http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2217251.stm (last access: 31 January 2014); Suisca – https://www.suiscagroup.com/en/noticias/floating-docks-for-ships/ (last access: 16 June 2024). N: 1.- floating (adj): From verb “float”, late Old English flotian “to rest on the surface of water” (intransitive; class II strong verb; past tense fleat, past participle floten), from Proto-Germanic *flotan

GC: n S: http://www.thewatertreatmentplants.com/flocculation.html (last access: 7 August 2015); http://water.me.vccs.edu/courses/ENV110/Lesson4_print.htm (last access: 7 August 2015). N: 1. 1885, from flocculate (1877, from flocculus; 1799, from Modern Latin diminutive of Latin floccus “flock of wool”) + -ate (word-forming element used in forming nouns from Latin words ending in -atus, -atum; those

GC: n S: http://www.ready.gov/floods (last access: 15 December 2013); http://eschooltoday.com/natural-disasters/floods/what-is-a-flood.html (last access: 25 August 2015). N: 1. Old English flod “a flowing of water, flood, an overflowing of land by water, Noah’s Flood; mass of water, river, sea, wave,” from Proto-Germanic *floduz “flowing water, deluge” (cognates: Old Frisian flod, Old

Grammatical category: n Term sources: TERMIUM PLUS; EncBrit; Drugs.com. Notes: 1. Chemical formula: C17H18F3NO. 2. Active ingredient sold under the name Prozac. Prozac (n.): 1985, proprietary name for fluoxetine hydrochloride, developed early 1970s by Lilly Industries. 3. The first highly specific serotonin uptake inhibitor. It is used as an antidepressant

GC: n S: NatGeo – https://bit.ly/2Gfqt87 (last access: 10 April 2019); Met Office – https://bit.ly/2D5wYJy (last access: 10 April 2019). N: 1. “thick, obscuring mist,” 1540s, a back-formation from foggy (which appeared about the same time) or from a Scandinavian source akin to Danish fog “spray, shower, snowdrift,” Old Norse

GC: n’ S: WHO – http://www.who.int/elena/titles/intermittent_iron_pregnancy/en/ (last access: 11 November 2016); DRG – https://goo.gl/KVJ0ia (last access: 11 November 2016); MEDP – https://goo.gl/SlUW4n (last access: 11 November 2016). N: 1. folic (adj): 1941, in folic acid, coined from Latin folium “a leaf” + -ic. acid (n): 1690s, from acid (adj.); originally

GC: n S: FAO – https://www.fao.org/economic/est/international-trade/agreements/food-aid/en/ (last access: 2 July 2024); OECD – https://data.oecd.org/oda/food-aid.htm (last access: 2 July 2024). N: 1. – food (n): Middle English foode, fode, from Old English foda “food, nourishment; fuel,” also figurative, from Proto-Germanic *fodon (source also of Swedish föda, Danish föde, Gothic fodeins), from

GC: n S: FAO – http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/y5401e/y5401e00.htm (last access: 26 April 2013); http://www.fns.usda.gov/fdd/food-distribution-programs (last access: 3 September 2014). N: Enough food is produced worldwide to feed all the people in the world (Leathers, p. 133). However, despite this alarming truth, nearly 1 billion people are suffering from chronic hunger today. There

GC: n S: http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/food-poisoning/food-poisoning (last access: 7 December 2015); http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Food-poisoning/Pages/Introduction.aspx (last access: 7 December 2015). N: 1. food (n): Middle English foode, fode, from Old English foda “food, nourishment; fuel,” also figurative, from Proto-Germanic *fodon, from Germanic *fod- “food,” from PIE *pat-, extended form of root *pa- “to tend, keep,

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/foodsafety/en/ (last access: 3 September 2014); NAVARRO p. 386; UNTERM – http://unterm.un.org/DGAACS/unterm.nsf/WebView/CDCFBC3C5DC71040852569FD0003716E?OpenDocument (last access: 25 April 2013). N: Unsafe food causes many diseases, ranging from diarrhoeal diseases to various forms of cancer. A safe food supply supports economy, trade and tourism, contributes to food and

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/89/12/11-089243/en/ (last access: 12 March 2013); WHO – http://www.who.int/trade/glossary/story028/en/ (last access: 3 September 2014). N: Food security is built on three pillars: Food availability: sufficient quantities of food available on a consistent basis. Food access: having sufficient resources to obtain appropriate foods for a nutritious

GC: n S: FAO – https://www.fao.org/family-farming/detail/es/c/877809/ (last access: 20 January 2024); IFAD – https://www.ifad.org/en/web/latest/-/the-importance-of-food-sovereignty-for-indigenous-peoples-a-conversation-with-dr.-elifuraha-laltaika (last access: 13 January 2024) N: 1. – food (n): Middle English foode, fode, from Old English foda “food, nourishment; fuel,” also figurative, from Proto-Germanic *fodon, from Germanic *fod- “food,” from PIE *pat-, extended form of

GC: n S: http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/oct/05/sudan-dragging-feet-humanitarian-aid-access (last access: 12 March 2013); http://www.imgc-global.com/humanitarian.html (last access: 3 september 2014). N: Food obtained for a household or for a country, an expedition, etc. S: http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/food-supplies (last access: 28 July 2015) SYN: S: CR: humanitarian aid

GC: n S: WFP – http://www.wfp.org/how-to-help/individuals/food-force/ (last access: 16 July 2012); DFCSCA – http://foodsuppb.nic.in/ (last access: 8 December 2013). N: 1. – food (n): Middle English foode, fode, from Old English foda “food, nourishment; fuel,” also figurative, from Proto-Germanic *fodon, from Germanic *fod- “food,” from PIE *pat-, extended form of

GC: n S: FoodGov – https://www.food.gov.uk/science/microbiology/fds (last access: 7 December 2015); NIAID – https://www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/foodborne/Pages/default.aspx (last access: 7 December 2015); OSHA – https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/foodbornedisease/ (last access: 7 December 2015). N: 1. – foodborne (adj): The first known use of foodborne was in 1898. Caused by food contaminated with pathogenic microorganisms or toxic

GC: n S: TAM – https://goo.gl/5QCmLX (page 211) (last access: 7 November 2018); IOM – https://www.iom.int/key-migration-terms (last access: 7 November 2018). N: 1. – forced (adj): “not spontaneous or voluntary, strained, unnatural,” 1570s. The past-participle adjective from verb force (c. 1300, forcen, also forsen, “exert force upon (an adversary),” from

GC: n S: IOM – https://publications.iom.int/system/files/pdf/uamas_synthesis_report2012.pdf (last access: 3 May 2021); UNCHR – https://www.unhcr.org/50aa01c310.pdf (last access: 3 May 2021). N: 1. – foreign (adj): c. 1300, ferren, foran, foreyne, in reference to places, “outside the boundaries of a country;” of persons, “born in another country,” from Old French forain “strange, foreign; outer, external, outdoor; remote,

GC: n S: MPI – https://bit.ly/2Bb91zy (last access: 4 March 2017); TheHill – https://bit.ly/2MJNGBZ (last access: 4 March 2017). N: 1. early 15c., foreyner; see foreign (c. 1300, ferren, foran, foreyne, in reference to places, “outside the boundaries of a country;” of persons, “born in another country,” from Old French

GC: n S: SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/forensic-medicine (last access: 5 February 2021); NIH – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4890849/ (last access: 5 February 2021). N: 1. – forensic (adj): “pertaining to or suitable for courts of law,” 1650s, with -ic + stem of Latin forensis “of a forum, place of assembly,” related to forum “public place”. Later used especially in

GC: n S: CSFS – https://www.csfs.ca/student-zone/student-zone/ (last access: 4 February 2021); SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/forensic-sciences (last access: 4 February 2021). N: 1. – forensic (adj): “pertaining to or suitable for courts of law,” 1650s, with -ic + stem of Latin forensis “of a forum, place of assembly,” related to forum “public place”. Later used especially in

GC: n S: Interpol – https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Forensics (last access: 5 February 2021); Westmidl – https://west-midlands.police.uk/specialist-teams/forensics (last access: 5 February 2021). N: 1. Latin forensis public, forensic, from forum forum. First Known Use of forensic: 1659 (as an adjective) and 1814 (as a noun). 2. Definition of forensic: 1: an argumentative exercise. 2: forensics plural in form