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GC: n S: http://personalhealthfreedom.blogspot.com.es/2012/08/what-is-healthiness.html (last access: 25 September 2015); https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27095324 (last access: 8 May 2017). N: 1. Origin: healthy + Ž -ness. Noun: (usually uncountable, plural healthinesses) (uncountable) The state or quality of being healthy. (countable) The product or result of being healthy. 2. The condition of being sound in

GC: n S: http://www.livestrong.org/Get-Help/Learn-About-Cancer/Cancer-Support-Topics/Physical-Effects-of-Cancer/Healthy-Behaviors (last access: 28 February 2013); http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih7/healthy/guide/info_healthy-b.htm (last access: 4 September 2014). N: Health literacy and health behaviour. Health Literacy has been defined as the cognitive and social skills which determine the motivation and ability of individuals to gain access to, understand and use information in ways

GC: n S: UNESCO – http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0011/001151/115117e.pdf (last access: 14 October 2012); http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-110hhrg58245/html/CHRG-110hhrg58245.htm (last access: 4 September 2014). N: S: SYN: S: CR: health

GC: n S: http://www.healthyfood.co.uk/ (last access: 30 July 2015); http://www.healthyfood.co.nz/ (last access: 30 July 2015). N: 1. 1550s, “being in a sound state;” also “conducive to health,” from health + -y. Earlier in the same sense was healthsome (1530s). Related: Healthily; healthiness. Healthsome is from 1530s in the sense “bestowing

GC: n S: http://www.rch.org.au/rchcpg/hospital_clinical_guideline_index/Wound_care/ (last access: 27 July 2015); http://www.livestrong.com/article/5671-need-checking-wound-infection/ (last access: 27 July 2015); NAVARRO p. 446. N: Any wound will obviously be red in some areas because the flesh and tissue in the area has been damaged, but there is a difference between normal wound redness and redness

GC: n S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2821586/ (last access: 20 April 2021); AJPH – https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.61.3.606 (last access: 20 April 2021). N: 1. – heart (n): Old English heorte “heart (hollow muscular organ that circulates blood); breast, soul, spirit, will, desire; courage; mind, intellect,” from Proto-Germanic *hertan- (source also of Old Saxon

GC: n S: CDC – https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/heatstress/heatrelillness.html (last access: 5 March 2023); NHS – https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/heat-exhaustion-heatstroke/ (last access: 5 March 2023). N: 1. – heat (n): Old English hætu, hæto “heat, warmth, quality of being hot; fervor, ardor,” from Proto-Germanic *haita- “heat”. – stroke (n): “act of striking,” c. 1300, probably from

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.euro.who.int/en/publications/abstracts/heat-waves-risks-and-responses (last access: 4 August 2015); https://www.climatecommunication.org/new/features/heat-waves-and-climate-change/heat-waves-the-details/ (last access: 4 August 2015). N: 1. – heat (n): Old English hætu, hæto “heat, warmth, quality of being hot; fervor, ardor,” from Proto-Germanic *haita- “heat”. – wave (n): “moving billow of water,” 1520s, alteration (by influence of

GC: n S: Smithsonian – https://goo.gl/yOYs5T (last access: 28 October 2016); BSR – http://berkeleysciencereview.com/article/good-bad-hela/ (last access: 28 October 2016). N: 1. – HeLa (acronym): Henrietta Lacks 1951 patient from whom the cells were taken. – cell (n): Early 12c., “small monastery, subordinate monastery” (from Medieval Latin in this sense), later

GC: n S: Medscape – https://bit.ly/2PEONEn (last access: 1 May 2019); PMC – https://bit.ly/2V83whh (last access: 1 May 2019). N: 1. Etymology: Genus name: a helix shaped rod. Species epithet: of the pylorus (the lower orifice of the stomach). Old Species Name(s): Campylobacter pylori. Taxonomy: ||Phylum|Class|Order|Family|Genus Proteobacteria|Epsilonproteobacteria|Campylobacterales|Helicobacteraceae|Helicobacter|| Must be written

GC: n S: NCBI – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK8282/ (last access: 28 July 2015); MEDNET – http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=12321 (last access: 28 July 2015). N: 1. “intestinal worm,” 1852, from helmintho-, stem of Greek helmins “parasitic worm,” from suffixed form of PIE root wel- “to turn”. 2. The word ‘helminth’ is a general term meaning

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/topics/helminthiasis/en/ (last access: 28 July 2015); NCBI – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1878825/ (last access: 28 July 2015). N: 1. Word found in New Latin, derived from the Greek word helminthian. 2. Helminthiasis is infestation with one or more intestinal parasitic worms (roundworms (Ascaris lumbricoides), whipworms (Trichuris trichiura), or

GC: n S: http://www.hematology.org/ (last access: 12 December 2013); http://www.news-medical.net/health/What-is-Hematology.aspx (last access: 7 July 2015). N: 1. hematology, also spelled haematology, hematology branch of medical science concerned with the nature, function, and diseases of the blood. In the 17th century, Dutch microscopist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, using a primitive, single-lens microscope,

GC: n S: NIH – https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/urologic-diseases/hematuria-blood-urine (last access: 3 November 2024); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK294/ (last access: 3 November 2024). N: 1. New Latin. The first known use of hematuria was circa 1811. variants or chiefly British haematuria. the presence of blood or blood cells in the urine. 2. hematuria. Also

GC: n S: NCBI – https://bit.ly/32eaK2I (last access: 10 October 2019); MEDLP – https://bit.ly/2pkvIOH (last access: 10 October 2019). N: 1. Also hæmoglobin, coloring matter in red blood cells, 1862, shortening of hæmatoglobin (1845), from Greek haimato-, combining form of haima (genitive haimatos) “blood” + globulin, a type of simple

GC: n S: MN – http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=12337 (last access: 23 July 2015); Phob –  http://phobias.about.com/od/phobiaslist/a/hemophobia.htm (last access: 23 July 2015). N: 1.1844, from hemo- “blood” + -phobia “fear.” Perhaps based on French hémophobie. Originally in reference to fear of medical blood-letting. 2. Hemophobia is a fear of blood. People with hemophobia usually

GC: n S: SDir – http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0954611111003970 (last access: 21 March 2016); AAFP – http://www.aafp.org/afp/2005/1001/p1253.html (last access: 31 July 2014). N: 1. New Latin, from hem- + Greek ptysis act of spitting, from ptyein to spit. First Known Use: 1646. 2. The expectoration of blood or of blood-stained sputum. 3. Hemoptysis

GC: n S: CDC – http://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/hfrs/ (last access: 29 November 2013); Medline – https://medlineplus.gov/hemorrhagicfevers.html (llast access: 3 September 2016). N: 1. hemorrhagic (adj): From hemorrhage (n) c. 1400, emorosogie (modern form by 17c.), from Latin haemorrhagia, from Greek haimorrhagia, from haimorrhages “bleeding violently,” from haima “blood” + rhage “a breaking,”

GC: n S: http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/hematology-and-oncology/hemostasis/overview-of-hemostasis (last access: 26 July 2016); http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3126677/ (last access: 26 July 2016). N: 1. Anc. Greek αίμα hema (blood) στάσις stasis (halt) > ίστημι histimi (stand). 2. Hemostasis is a process which causes bleeding to stop. 3. Two meanings: the arrest of bleeding by the physiological properties

GG: n S: WHO – https://www.who.int/health-topics/hepatitis#tab=tab_1 (last access: 14 April 2024); CDC – https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/index.htm (last access: 14 April 2024). N: 1. 1727, coined from Greek hepatos, genitive of hepar “liver,” from PIE root yekwr- (cognates: Sanskrit yakrt, Avestan yakar, Persian jigar, Latin jecur, Old Lithuanian jeknos “liver”) + -itis “inflammation.”

GC: n S: JHSPH – https://www.jhsph.edu/covid-19/articles/achieving-herd-immunity-with-covid19.html (last access: 17 May 2020); WHO – http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/disease-prevention/vaccines-and-immunization/data-and-statistics/infographics/infographic-herd-immunity-fighting-measles-is-a-shared-responsibility-2018 (last access: 17 May 2020). N: 1. – herd (n): Old English heord “herd, flock, company of domestic animals,” also, rarely, “a keeping, care, custody,” from Proto-Germanic *herdo (source also of Old Norse hjorð, Old High German herta, German Herde, Gothic hairda “herd”), from PIE *kerdh– “a

GC: n S: NHS – https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/hernia/ (last access: 11 October 2022); MEDLP – https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000960.htm (last access: 11 October 2022). N: 1. late 14c., hirnia, from Latin hernia “a rupture,” related to hira “intestine,” from PIE root *ghere- “gut, entrail.” The re-Latinized spelling of the English word is from 17c. Related:

GC: n S: TheGuardian – https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/apr/08/methadone-to-be-handed-out-without-prescription-during-covid-19-crisis#maincontent (last access: 8 April 2020); TheTelegraph – https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/04/01/free-heroin-scheme-addicts-backed-probation-inspectors-combat/ (last access: 8 April 2020). N: 1. 1650s, “demigoddess”, from Latin heroine, heroina (plural heroinae) “a female hero, a demigoddess” (such as Medea), from Greek hērōine, fem. of hērōs. 2. It is a powerful drug which