GC: n S: UNICEF – http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/haiti_66913.html (last access: 23 April 2013) N: 1. early 17th century: from French incapacité or late Latin incapacitas, from in- (expressing negation) + capacitas (see capacity). 2. Physical or mental inability to do something or to manage one’s affairs. Legal disqualification. 3. As nouns the
GC: n. S: JSTOR – https://www.jstor.org/stable/1593118?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents (last access: 28 October 2020 ); WHO – https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/263163/PMC2476236.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y (last access: 31 October 2020). N: 1. Early 15c., “incidental matter,” from Middle French incidence (15c.), from Late Latin incidentia, from incidere “to happen, befall”. Meaning “act of coming into contact with or affecting” is from 1650s. In physics, of
GC: n S: EJS – https://bit.ly/2Z0OXtX (last access: 14 July 2019); RESG – https://bit.ly/2SeVjmT (last access: 14 July 2019). N: 1. c. 1600, “act of making a part of,” from Latin inclusionem (nominative inclusio) “a shutting up, confinement,” noun of action from past participle stem of includere (see include). Meaning
GC: npl S: UNICEF – http://bit.do/ezHHz (last access: 12 March 2012); UN – http://bit.do/ezHHY (last access: 30 October 2018). N: 1. inequality (n.): early 15c., “difference of rank or dignity,” from Old French inequalité (14c.) and directly from Medieval Latin inaequalitas, from Latin inaequalis “unequal,” from in- “not, opposite of”
GC: n S: UNICEF – http://www.unicef.org.uk/BabyFriendly/News-and-Research/Research/Cholesterol-levels/Breastmilk-in-infancy-leads-to-reduced-cholesterol-levels-in-adolescence/ (last access: 4 September 2014); NAVARRO p. 503. N: 1. late 14c., from Anglo-French enfaunce and directly from Latin infantia “early childhood,” literally “inability to speak,” from infantem (see infant). 2. infancy (n.): the first part of a child’s life : the time in
GC: n S: UNICEF – http://www.unicef.org/nutrition/index_breastfeeding.html (last access: 4 September 2014); WHO – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs342/en/ (last access: 24 May 2017). N: 1. late 14c., “child during earliest period of life” (sometimes extended to age 7 and sometimes including a fetus), from Latin infantem (nominative infans) “young child, babe in arms,” noun
GC: n S: https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/_files_nhmrc/publications/attachments/n56_infant_feeding_guidelines.pdf (last access: 31 July 2015); WHO – http://www.who.int/nutrition/topics/infantfeeding_recommendation/en/ (last access: 31 July 2015), DTMe. N: Infant feeding practices including exclusive breastfeeding, the timely and appropriate introduction of complementary feeding to children around six completed months of age, and continued breastfeeding alongside other foods for children until
GC: n S: http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/maternalinfanthealth/infantmortality.htm (last access: 4 September 2014); https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2091rank.html (last access: 4 September 2014); NAVARRO p. 503. N: 1. infant (n/adj): late 14c., “child during earliest period of life” (sometimes extended to age 7 and sometimes including a fetus), from Latin infantem (nominative infans) “young child, babe in arms,”
GC: n S: SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0002961094900035 (last access: 20 December 2023); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK209710/ (last access: 20 December 2023). N: 1. late 14c., “infectious disease; contaminated condition;” from Old French infeccion “contamination, poisoning” (13c.) and directly from Late Latin infectionem (nominative infectio) “infection, contagion,” noun of action from past participle
GC: n S: CDC – https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/infectious-disease.htm (last access: 24 September 2024); NHS – https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/blood-and-infection-group-f/infectious-diseases/ (last access: 24 September 2024). N: 1. – infectious (adj): “catching, having the quality of spreading from person to person, communicable by infection,” 1540s of diseases, 1610s of emotions, actions, etc.; see infection (late 14c., “infectious
GC: n S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4346501/ (last access: 26 September 2024); CDC – https://www.cdc.gov/epstein-barr/about/mononucleosis.html (last access: 26 September 2024). N: 1. – infectious (adj): “catching, having the quality of spreading from person to person, communicable by infection,” 1540s of diseases, 1610s of emotions, actions, etc.; see “infection” + “-ous”. Earlier
GC: n S: NCBI – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/802801/ (last access: 12 January 2024); IOMC – https://www.iomcworld.org/medical-journals/infestation-42931.html (last access: 12 January 2024). N: 1. early 15c., “a being infested,” from Old French infestacion, from Late Latin infestationem (nominative infestatio) “a troubling, a disturbing, a molesting,” noun of action from past participle stem of Latin
GC: n S: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-winship/influence-peddling-and-in_b_5590147.html (last access: 12 December 2014); http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp1415/LobbyingRules (last access: 14 December 2014); BBC – http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2131376.stm (last access: 14 December 2014). N: 1. influence (n): late 14c. An astrological term: “streaming ethereal power from the stars acting upon character or destiny of men”. From Old French: influence (emanation
GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/topics/influenza/en/ (last access: 28 February 2013); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2928832/ (last access: 15 May 2020). N: 1. 1743, borrowed during an outbreak of the disease in Europe, from Italian influenza “influenza, epidemic,” originally “visitation, influence (of the stars),” from Medieval Latin influentia (see influence). Used in
GC: n S: PIEHL – https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40138-021-00237-6 (last access: 18 January 2024); NIH – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK430836/ (last access: 17 January 2024). N: 1. 1400, “a liquid extract (obtained by soaking in water)”; early 15c., “a pouring in; that which is poured in,” from Old French infusion “injection” (13c.) or directly from Latin infusionem (nominative
GC: n S: http://www.pitt.edu/~epi2670/severity/severity.pdf (last access: 28 February 2013); https://ubmm.med.buffalo.edu/uploads/DH22/Geriatric%20Falls_Injury%20Severity.pdf (last access: 5 August 2015). N: Paramedics dispatched to the scene of the injured or ill person by the ambulance services make an initial assessment of severity. However, even these skilled staff struggle to accurately categorise injury severity. A number
GC: n S: WHO – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11614328 (last access: 4 June 2015); DORLAND. N: 1. mid-15c. in horticulture; 1714 in pathology, from Latin inoculationem (nominative inoculatio) “an engrafting, budding,” noun of action from past participle stem of inoculare (see inoculate). 2. Process of producing immunity and method of vaccination that consists
GC: n S: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC546801/ (last access: 10 April 2016); http://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/352261/Use_of_a_heavy_inoculum_in_the_in_vitro_evaluation_of_the_anti_staphylococcal_activity_of_19_cephalosporins_ (last access: 10 April 2016). N: 1. New Latin, from Latin inoculare. 2. Material used for inoculation. 3. Cells used in an inoculation, such as cells added to start a culture. 4. A biological material (like a virus or toxin
GC: n S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK536505/ (last access: 3 July 2024); NHS – https://www.wwl.nhs.uk/inpatient-and-outpatient-guides (last access: 3 July 2024). N: 1. – in-patient (n): also inpatient, “person lodged and fed, as well as treated, at a hospital or infirmary,” 1760, from in (adj.) + patient (n.). As an adjective by
GC: n S: https://goo.gl/KehRDr (last access: 8 July 2015); http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/20606308 (last access: 8 July 2015); NAVARRO p. 511. N: 1. unsanitary, insanitary: Each of these words, based on a Latin word for “health,” means “unhealthy,” “likely to cause disease.” Although unsanitary is heard more often than insanitary, the latter is