GC: n S: CDC – https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/mpox/about/ (last access: 6 October 2023); NHS – https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/mpox/ (last access: 6 October 2023). N: 1. Clipping of monkeypox coined in 2022, chosen in order to discourage racist and stigmatizing interpretations of that word. Coined by Montreal-based RÉZO, in consultation with other Canadian organizations, in

See magnetic resonance imaging

GC: n S: NatGeo – http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/03/140324-mudslides-natural-disasters-geology-science/ (last access: 30 October 2015). CDPH – http://www.bepreparedcalifornia.ca.gov/BEINFORMED/NATURALDISASTERS/Pages/LandslidesandMudslides.aspx (last access: 30 October 2015). N: 1. Simple combination of mud (mid-14c., cognate with and probably from Middle Low German mudde, Middle Dutch modde “thick mud,” from Proto-Germanic *mud- from PIE *(s)meu-/*mu- (Buck), found in many

GC: n S: WebMD – https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/mueller-weiss-syndrome-overview (last access: 23 July 2023); NIH – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9879050/ (last access: 23 July 2023). N: 1. Mueller (pn): Müller (right spelling). Walther Müller (1888–1949) was a German orthopedic surgeon. Müller described the “double navicular” as an osteological manifestation in a patient who developed a severe

GC: n S: OECD – https://www.oecd.org/dac/aid-architecture/OverviewChapter-MEP.pdf (last access: 30 June 2024); SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/multilateral-aid (last access: 30 June 2024). N: 1. multilateral (adj): also multi-lateral, 1690s, in geometry, “having many sides,” from multi- “many” + lateral (adj.). Figurative use, “many-sided,” is by 1748. Meaning “pertaining to three or more countries”

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/vaccine_safety/committee/topics/hepatitisb/multiple_sclerosis/Jun_2002/en/ (last access: 5 November 2017); MAYO – https://goo.gl/NYNsef (last access: 1 November 2017); NHS – https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/multiple-sclerosis/ (last access: 1 November 2017). N: 1. – sclerosis (n): “morbid hardening of the tissue,” late 14c., from Medieval Latin sclirosis “a hardness, hard tumor,” from Greek sklerosis

GC: npl S: WHO – http://www.who.int/topics/mumps/en/ (last access: 10 October 2015); FN – http://fieldnotes.unicefusa.org/tag/mumps (last access: 4 September 2014). N: 1. type of contagious disease, c.1600, from plural of mump “a grimace” (1590s), originally a verb, “to whine like a beggar” (1580s), from Dutch mompen “to cheat, deceive,” originally probably

GC: n S: CNN – https://cnn.it/33bNdjS (last access: 4 August 2019); ICRC – https://bit.ly/2xmKaGs (last access: 4 August 2019). N: 1. “unlawful killing of another human being by a person of sound mind with premeditated malice,” c. 1300, murdre, earlier morþer, from Old English morðor (plural morþras) “secret killing of

GC: n S: Anred – https://www.anred.com/musdys.html (last access: 30 July 2016); NCBI – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1323298/ (last access: 30 July 2016). N: 1. muscle (n): late 14c., from Middle French muscle “muscle, sinew” (14c.) and directly from Latin musculus “a muscle,” literally “little mouse,” diminutive of mus “mouse”. So called because the

GC: n S: Breast Cancer – http://www.breastcancer.org/treatment/side_effects/muscle_pain (last access: 6 November); MN – http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=12008 (last access: 12 November 2014). N: 1. “muscular pain,” 1827, coined in Modern Latin (on analogy of neuralgia) from myo– “muscle” + -algia “pain.” 2. Muscular pain. myalgia: term recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms

See tuberculosis.

GC: n S: NCBI – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18536217 (last access: 22 August 2014); SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/mycosis (last access: 3 March 2020). N: 1. 1876, medical Latin; see myco- + -osis. Related: Mycotic. 2. mycosis, plural Mycoses, in humans and domestic animals, a disease caused by any fungus that invades the tissues, causing

GC: n S: Bioone – https://bioone.org/journals/The-Journal-of-Arachnology/volume-40/issue-1/A11-69.1/The-species-referred-to-as-Eurypelma-californicum-Theraphosidae-in-more/10.1636/A11-69.1.short (last access: 30 August 2024); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5345366/ (last access: 30 August 2024). N: 1. mig’a-l[=e], n. an American tarantula or bird-catching spider. [Gr. mygal[=e], a field-mouse.] taxonomic synonym of AVICULARIA. Latin, from Greek mygalē. New Latin, from Latin, shrewmouse. The name of “tarantula”

GC: n S: CDC – http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/myiasis/ (last access: 22 August 2014); http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3255963/ (last access: 18 March 2016). N: 1. myiasis, infestation of the body with the larvae (maggots) of certain species of flies. Intestinal myiasis results from ingestion of food contaminated with eggs or larvae and may produce cramps, nausea,

GC: n S: NIH – https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/Patient-Caregiver-Education/Fact-Sheets/Myoclonus-Fact-Sheet (last access: 20 November 2020); HLN – https://www.healthline.com/health/myoclonus  (last access: 20 November 2020). N: 1. From word-forming element myo- (before vowels my-, meaning “muscle,” from combining form of Greek mys “muscle,” literally “mouse”) and word clonus (“violent muscular spasms, rapidly alternating contraction and relaxation of a

GC: n S: http://www.theodora.com/anatomy/myology_index.html (last access: 4 April 2015); http://myology.info/ (last access: 4 April 2015). N: 1. French or New Latin; French myologie, from New Latin myologia, from my- + Latin -logia -logy. First Known Use: 1649 2. Scientific study of muscles, and the body of knowledge relating thereto. S:

GC: n S: Investop – https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/subprime_mortgage.asp (last access: 26 November 2024); CFPB – https://www.consumerfinance.gov/ask-cfpb/what-is-a-subprime-mortgage-en-110/ (last access: 26 November 2024). N: 1. – subprime (adj): also sub-prime, in reference to loans with more onerous conditions, offered to borrowers with poor credit history, by 1978, in frequent use from 1996, from sub-

GC: n S: UF/IFAS – https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN1380 (last access: 12 August 2024); VDCI – https://www.vdci.net/blog/mosquito-of-the-month-toxorhynchites-rutilus-elephant-mosquito/ (last access: 12 August 2024). N: 1. Scientific name: Toxorhynchites rutilus. Popular name: elephant mosquito. Kingdom: Animalia. Eumetazoa: metazoans. Bilateria: bilaterally symmetrical animals. Protostomia: protostomes. Ecdysozoa. Arthropoda: arthropods. Hexapoda. Class: Insecta insects. Order: Diptera. Family: Culicidae.