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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

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

GC: n S: MEDLP – https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a689006.html (last access: 23 February 2025); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK459223/ (last access: 23 February 2025). N: 1. CAS Number: 54910-89-3. Chemical formula: C17H18F3NO. Prozac (n): 1985, proprietary name for fluoxetine hydrochloride, developed early 1970s by Lilly Industries. 2. Prozac. Also known as: fluoxetine, fluoxetine hydrochloride. Prozac,

GC: n S: Met Office – https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/learn-about/weather/types-of-weather/fog/8-facts (last access: 10 April 2019); NatGeo – https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/fog/ (last access: 23 November 2024). 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

CG: n S: WFP – https://www.wfp.org/global-hunger-crisis (last access: 15 December 2024) ; FAO – https://www.fao.org/newsroom/detail/global-report-on-food-crises—acute-hunger-remains-persistently-high-in-59-countries-with-1-in-5-people-assessed-in-need-of-critical-urgent-action/en (last access: 15 December 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,