GC: n S: NYTimes – https://goo.gl/ku9Hgq (last access: 28 October 2016); http://religiousstudies.cofc.edu/documents/student%20related/Rockower2011.pdf (last access: 31 October 2016). N: 1. From Greek glōssa, “tongue,” and lalia, “talking”. 2. Speech which is profuse and often emotionally charged that mimics coherent speech but is usually unintelligible to the listener and that is uttered
GC: n S: YH – http://www.yourhormones.info/hormones/glucagon.aspx (last access: 3 November 2016); MEDLP – https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a682480.html (last access: 5 November 2016) N: 1. 1923, from gluco– + Greek agon, present participle of agein “to lead”. 2. Mayo clinic provides a second definition: Glucagon belongs to the group of medicines called hormones. It
GC: n S: MedicineNet.com – http://bit.do/eBW6J (last access: 29 November 2018); ANNFAMMED – http://bit.do/eBW6Y (last access: 29 November 2018). N: 1. 1520s, from Late Latin gonorrhoia, from Greek gonos “seed” + rhoe “flow,” from rhein “to flow” (from PIE root *sreu- “to flow”). Mucus discharge was mistaken for semen. In
GC: n S: http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/facts/gov.htm (last access: 26 February 2013); http://www.goodgovernance.org.au/about-good-governance/what-is-good-governance/ (last access: 3 September 2014). N: 1. Good governance is about the processes for making and implementing decisions. It’s not about making ‘correct’ decisions, but about the best possible process for making those decisions. 2. Good decision-making processes, and therefore
GC: n S: Business Dictionary – http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/property.html (last access: 5 November 2013); TERMIUM PLUS. N: 1. “property,” late 13c., from plural of good (n.), which had the same sense in Old English. Meaning “saleable commodities” is mid-15c.; colloquial sense of “stolen articles” is from 1900; hence figurative use, “evidence of
GC: n S: CDC – http://www.cdc.gov/arthritis/basics/gout.html (last access: 11 June 2015); NIH – https://www.niams.nih.gov/health-topics/gout (last access: 9 January 2024). N: 1. Middle English goute, from Anglo-French gute drop, gout, from Latin gutta drop First Known Use: 13th century. 2. A metabolic disease marked by a painful inflammation of the joints,
GC: n S: GlobHum – http://www.globalhumanitarianassistance.org/countryprofile/united-states (last access: 5 November 2015); GovUK – https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/humanitarian-emergencies (last access: 5 November 2015). N: 1. late 14c., “act of governing or ruling;” 1550s, “system by which a thing is governed” (especially a state), from Old French governement “control, direction, administration” (Modern French gouvernement), from governer
GC: n S: NCBI – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26862821 (last access: 12 February 2016); Biomed – http://biomed.brown.edu/Courses/BI108/BI108_2004_Groups/Group04/Rejection_overview.htm (last access: 12 February 2016). N: 1. “shoot inserted into another plant,” late 15c. alteration of Middle English graff (late 14c.), from Old French graife “grafting knife, carving tool; stylus, pen,” from Latin graphium “stylus,” from
GC: n S: THCO – https://bit.ly/2JISiIl (last access: 2 November 2019); Medscape – https://bit.ly/2PILzSu (last access: 2 November 2019). N: 1. Gram (pn): The discoverer of the stain was Hans Christian Joachim Gram, who was born in Denmark in 1853. – stain (n): 1560s, “act of staining,” from stain (v.).
GC: n S: WHO – https://bit.ly/2pDd8BU (last access: 2 November 2019); NIH – https://bit.ly/34l1ACf (last access: 2 November 2019). N: 1. Gram-negative (adj): gram-negative = not holding the purple dye when stained by Gram’s stain —used chiefly of bacteria. First Known Use of gram-negative: 1907. – bacterium (n): New Latin,
GC: n S: Medscape – https://wb.md/2qZdGT0 (last access: 2 November 2019); NCBI – https://bit.ly/33bnkQG (last access: 2 November 2019). N: 1. – Gram-positive (adj): gram-positive = holding the purple dye when stained by Gram’s stain —used chiefly of bacteria. First Known Use of gram-positive: 1907. – bacterium (n): New Latin,
GC: n S: Marinsight – http://www.marineinsight.com/marine-navigation/how-to-do-intentional-grounding-or-beaching-of-a-ship/ (8 July 2017) Cruisworld -; http://www.cruisingworld.com/how/what-do-when-you-run-aground (last access: 8 July 2017). N: 1. Origin of “ground”: before 900; (noun) Middle English grownd, grund, Old English grund; cognate with Dutch grond, German Grund; (verb) Middle English grundien, grownden “to set on a foundation, establish,” derivative of
GC: n S: UNICEF – http://uis.unesco.org/sites/default/files/documents/education-indicators-technical-guidelines-en_0.pdf (last access: 10 June 2020); CHILDWEL – https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/outofhome/group-residential-care/ (last access: 10 June 2020). N: 1. – group (n): From 1690s, originally an art criticism term, “assemblage of figures or objects forming a harmonious whole in a painting or design,” from French groupe“cluster, group” (17c.), from Italian gruppo,
GC: n S: NIH – https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001176.htm (last access: 22 October 2015); http://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/growth-hormone-athletic-performance-and-aging (last access: 22 October 2015). N: 1. – growth (n): 1550s, “stage in growing,” from grow + -th (2), on model of health, stealth, etc. Compare Old Norse groði, from groa “to grow.” Meaning “that which has grown”
GC: n S: MEDLP – https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000684.htm (last access: 2 April 2017); WHO – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/guillain-barre-syndrome/en/ (last access: 9 March 2018) N: 1. – Guillain (pn): Georges Guillain (1876–1961) and on 1927 he used the name “Guillain–Barré syndrome” during a neurology congress. – Barré (pn): On 1916, Jean Alexander Barré (1880–1967) met
GC: n S: http://wwwn.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes/2005-2006/DXXAG_D.htm (last access: 17 January 2015); http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15350697 (last access: 17 January 2015). DORLAND. N: 1. gynoid (adj): From the Greek gyno, gynaikos meaning woman + -oid, a word-forming element from Latinized form of Greek -oeides, from eidos “form. Gyneco, gyno, gyn, and gyne are combining forms meaning