GC: n S: IFRC – https://bit.ly/1oyhgL7 (last access: 13 April 2017); BBC – https://bbc.in/2hoOgba (last access: 13 April 2017). N: 1. 1610s, of persons, 1640s of animals, from Latin migrationem (nominative migratio) “a removal, change of abode, migration,” noun of action from past participle stem of migrare “to move from
GC: n S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK332877/#:~:text=Mild%20to%20Moderate%20Intellectual%20Disability&text=Individuals%20with%20mild%20ID%20are,with%20minimal%20levels%20of%20support. (last access: 25 June 2023); GU – https://www.gu.se/en/gnc/mild-intellectual-disability (last access: 25 June 2023). N: 1. – mild (adj): Old English milde, of persons, powers, or dispositions, “possessing softness or gentleness, good-tempered, merciful,” from Proto-Germanic *milthjaz- (source also of Old Norse mildr (which also contributed
GC: n S: http://www.america.gov/st/peacesec-english/2009/May/20090519144309dmslahrellek5.036563e-02.html (last access: 25 April 2013); http://www.globalissues.org/article/69/militarization-and-weaponization-of-outer-space (last access: 2 September 2014). N: the quality or state of being militant. First known use of militancy: 1648. S: MW – http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/militancy (last access: 2 September 2014). SYN: S:
GC: n S: UNESCO – http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001389/138940e.pdf (last access: 25 April 2013); http://www.globalissues.org/article/69/militarization-and-weaponization-of-outer-space (last access: 2 September 2014). N: Many humanitarian actors are concerned about the militarization of aid in a variety of global contexts – some note that the presence of militaries in humanitarian crises can make humanitarian aid actors
GC: n S: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/19/italian-coastguards-military-action-will-not-solve-mediterranean-migrant-crisis (last access: 21 May 2015); http://edition.cnn.com/2015/05/11/europe/eu-migrants-military-action/ (last access: 21 May 2015). N: – military (adj): mid-15c., from Middle French militaire (14c.), from Latin militaris “of soldiers or war, of military service, warlike,” from miles (genitive militis) “soldier,” of unknown origin, perhaps ultimately from Etruscan, or else
GC: n S: WHO – https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/mercury-and-health (last access: 31 May 2019); NCBI – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7734058/ (last access: 31 May 2019). N: 1. – Minamata (pn): City of Kumamoto (Japan). – disease (n): early 14c., “discomfort, inconvenience, distress, trouble,” from Old French desaise “lack, want; discomfort, distress; trouble, misfortune; disease, sickness,” from
GC: n S: PT – https://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/mindfulness (last access: 22 July 2017); APA – http://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/07-08/ce-corner.aspx (last access: 22 July 2017). N: 1. From adjective mindful (mid-14c., from mind (n.) + -ful; related: Mindfully; mindfulness; Old English myndful meant “of good memory.”; Old English also had myndig (adj.) “mindful, recollecting; thoughtful,” which if
GC: n S: NHS – https://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Pharmacy/Pages/Commonconditions.aspx (last access: 22 February 2018); NBPharm – https://nbpharma.ca/minor-ailment-assessments (last access: ). N: 1. – minor (adj): early 13c., menour “Franciscan”, from Latin minor “less, lesser, smaller, junior,” figuratively “inferior, less important,” formed as a masculine/feminine form of minus on the mistaken assumption that minus
GC: S: WHO – http://www.who.int/dg/speeches/2012/health_ethics_20121113/en/ (last access: 5 April 2015); The Guardian – http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/nov/26/welfare-poverty (last access: 5 April 2015). N: 1. late 14c., “condition of external unhappiness,” from Old French misere “miserable situation, misfortune, distress” (12c.), from Latin miseria “wretchedness,” from miser (see miser). Meaning “condition of one in great sorrow
GC: n S: Met Office – https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/learn-about/weather/types-of-weather/fog/difference-mist-and-fog (last access: 10 April 2019); NatGeo – https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/mist/ (consulta: last access: 23 November 2024). N: 1. “weather condition consisting of a cloud resting upon the ground, fog,” also “precipitation consisting of fine droplets of water, much smaller than rain,” Old English mist (earliest
GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/resources/vector237to261.pdf (last access: 20 November 2016); UKY – https://entomology.ca.uky.edu/ef637 (last access: 20 November 2016). N: 1. mite: “tiny animal, minute arachnid,” Old English mite, from Proto-Germanic miton, originally meaning perhaps “the cutter,” in reference to its bite, from Proto-Germanic mait-, from PIE root mai- “to
GC: n S: http://unctad.org/en/docs/tdb56d11_en.pdf (last access: 25 April 2013); http://www.fema.gov/what-mitigation (last access: 2 September 2014). N: 1. mid-14c., from Latin mitigationem (nominative mitigatio), noun of action from past participle stem of mitigare (see mitigate). 2. Mitigation is the effort to reduce loss of life and property by lessening the impact
GC: n S: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/mitochondrion/ (last access: 27 February 2016); http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21222631 (last access: 27 February 2016). N: 1. mitochondrion (n.) singular of mitochondria (n.) 1901, from German, coined 1898 by microbiologist Carl Benda (1857-1933), from Greek mitos “thread” + khondrion “little granule,” diminutive of khondros “granule, lump of salt”. 2. mitochondrion:
GC: n S: WHO – https://www.who.int/vaccine_safety/initiative/tools/MMR_vaccine_rates_information_sheet.pdf (last access: 13 March 2021); CDC – https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/mmr/public/index.html (last access: 13 March 2021). N: 1. – MMR (abbrev): MMR stands for measles, mumps and rubella. These are three different diseases which are caused by three different viruses. The vaccines given to immunise against measles,
GC: n S: https://www.psychologistworld.com/memory/mnemonics.php (last access: 1 July 2016); http://www.learningassistance.com/2006/january/mnemonics.html (last access: 1 July 2016). N: 1. Two sources for etymology: Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary: Gr. ta~ mnhmonika`: cf. F. mnémonique, Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary: Gr. mnēmonikos—mnēmōn, mindful—mnasthai, to remember. 2. According to Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary: Mnemonics is the
GC: n S: http://smallbusiness.chron.com/mobbing-workplace-43426.html (last access: 10 July 2016); http://www.overcomebullying.org/mobbing.html (last access: 10 July 2016). N: 1. Present participle of mob (1680s, “disorderly part of the population, rabble,” slang shortening of mobile, mobility “common people, populace, rabble” -1670s, probably with a conscious play on nobility-, from Latin mobile vulgus “fickle
GC: n S: ETSU – https://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4677&context=etd (last access: 23 April 2024); SDHG – https://www.sandiegohomegarden.com/2014/07/07/a-mockingbird-is-not-a-nightingale/ (last access: 23 April 2024). N: 1. also mocking-bird, passerine bird of the southerly parts of the U.S., noted for the song of the males and its skill in imitation, 1670s (mock-bird is from 1640s), from
GG: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/hrh/resources/handbook/en/ (last access: 3 March 2013); _evaluation/what_is_monitoring_evaluationm_e/”>http://www.sportanddev.org/en/toolkit/monitoring_evaluation/what_is_monitoring_evaluationm_e/ (last access: 27 September 2015). N: Monitoring is is the systematic and routine collection of information from projects and programmes. Monitoring is a periodically recurring task already beginning in the planning stage of a project or programme. Monitoring
GC: n S: http://www.unicef.org/about/execboard/files/2010-7-Rev.1-ODS-English.pdf (last access: 22 April 2013); http://www.eesi.org/press-releases/view/action-on-climate-change-is-a-moral-imperative-new-u.n.-report-underscores- (last access: 2 September 2014). N: Something that must happen because it is the right thing. Tackling the issue of poverty is a moral imperative. S: http://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/dictionary/american/moral-imperative (last access: 2 September 2014) SYN: S: CR: international morality
GC: n S: IWC – https://iwc.int/management-and-conservation/whaling/commercial (last access: 17 January 2025); NCBI – https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1881265/ (last access: 17 January 2025). N: 1. 1875, originally a legal term for “authorization to a debtor to postpone due payment,” from neuter of Late Latin moratorius “tending to delay,” from Latin morari “to delay,” from mora
GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/gho/ncd/mortality_morbidity/en/ (last access: 7 June 2015); NIH – https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/morbidity (last access: 7 October 2024). N: 1. 1721, from morbid (1650s, “of the nature of a disease, indicative of a disease,” from Latin morbidus “diseased,” from morbus “sickness, disease, ailment, illness,” from root of mori “to
GC: n S: WHO – https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/the-preventable-pain-pandemic (last access: 12 April 2020); Cochrane – https://www.cochrane.org/CD011056/SYMPT_impact-morphine-fentanyl-oxycodone-or-codeine-patient-consciousness-appetite-and-thirst-when-used (last access: 12 April 2020). N: 1. 1828, from French morphine or German Morphin (1816), name coined by German apothecary Friedrich Sertürner (1783-1840) in reference to Latin Morpheus (q.v.), Ovid’s name for the god of dreams,