GC: n S: ScientAmer – http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-study-nomophobia-mdash-fear-of-being-without-a-mobile-phone/ (last access: 16 January 2016); PT – https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/artificial-maturity/201409/nomophobia-rising-trend-in-students (last access: 16 January 2016). N: 1. Nomophobia, coined from a term “no-mobile-phone-phobia” during a research study to find out the psychological ramifications and stress level of mobile phone usage on behavior, describes the level of
GC: n S: SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/non-governmental-organisation (last access: 11 March 2023); UN – https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/conference-of-states-parties-to-the-convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-2/list-of-non-governmental-organization-accredited-to-the-conference-of-states-parties.html (last access: 11 March 2023). N: 1. – non (prefix): a prefix used freely in English and meaning “not, lack of,” or “sham,” giving a negative sense to any word, 14c., from Anglo-French noun-, from Old
GC: n S: MN – http://www.medicinenet.com/nonsteroidal_antiinflammatory_drugs/article.htm (last access: 5 February 2016); WebMD – http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/nonsteroidal-anti-inflammatory-drugs-nsaids (last access: 5 February 2016). N: 1. Origin of NSAID: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug First Known Use: 1982. 2. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are used to relieve pain and inflammation from arthritis and related conditions. They work
GC: n S: NatGeo – https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/north-pole/ (last access: 20 July 2024); NOAA – https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/news/five-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-north-pole (last access: 20 July 2024). N: 1. – north (n): Old English norð- (in compounds) “northern, lying to the north” (adj.); norð (adv.) “northwards, to the north, in the north;” from Proto-Germanic *nurtha- (source also of
GC: n S: UN – http://www.un.org/disarmament/WMD/Nuclear/ (last access: 22 November 2014); BPO – http://www.baselpeaceoffice.org/article/united-nations-general-assembly-takes-new-action-nuclear-disarmament (last access: 22 November 2014). N: 1. nuclear (adj): 1846, “of or like the nucleus of a cell,” from nucleus + -ar, probably by influence of French nucléaire. Use in atomic physics is from 1914; of
GC: n S: http://www.demopaedia.org/tools/spip.php?page=terme&edition=en-ii§ion=611&numterme=6&terme=nulligravida (last access: 24 June 2017); https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26559442 (last access: 24 June 2017). N: 1. Latin nullus, none, + gravida, pregnant. 2. A woman who has never conceived a child. 3. A woman who has never been pregnant. Context: A 20-year-old nulligravida woman presented with bilateral cystic nodules
GC: n S: https://www.fertilitysmarts.com/definition/1191/nullipara-nullip-pregnancy (last access: 24 June 2017); https://www.dmu.edu/medterms/female-reproductive-system/female-reproductive-system-terms-of-pregnancy/ (last access: 24 June 2017). N: 1. L. nullus, none, + pario, to bear. 2. A woman who has never borne a child. 3. para 0; a woman who has never borne a viable child. 4. As nouns the difference
GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/elena/nutrient/en/ (last access: 7 July 2016); http://www.dep.state.pa.us/river/Nutrient%20trading.htm (last access: 6 March 2013). N: 1. “a nutritious substance,” 1828, noun use of adjective (1640s) meaning “providing nourishment,” from Latin nutrientem (nominative nutriens), present participle of nutrire “to nourish, suckle, feed, foster” (see nourish). 2. Substance that
GC: n S: NCBI – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC435787/ (last access: 2 September 2014); NIH – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/13315598/ (last access: 10 August 2024). N: 1. – nutritional (adj): From noun “nutrition” (1550s, “act or process by which organisms absorb their proper food into their systems and build it into living tissue,” from Old French
GC: n S: NCBI – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1857511/ (last access: 12 November 2015); http://www.webmd.com/eye-health/night-blindness (last access: 13 November 2015). N: 1. First Known Use: 1684. The word nyctalopia emanates from Greek roots: nyct (night) + aloas (obscure or blind) + opsis (vision), which means “nightblind vision”. Nychthemeron is an allied word. It
GC: n S: NORD – https://rarediseases.org/es/rare-diseases/west-nile-encephalitis/ (last access: 16 August 2024); EncephInt – https://www.encephalitis.info/types-of-encephalitis/infectious-encephalitis/west-nile-encephalitis/ (last access: 16 August 2024). N: 1. – West (adj): As an adjective from late 14c.; as a noun from late 12c. West used in geopolitical sense from World War I (Britain, France, Italy, as opposed
GC: n S: NICD – https://www.nicd.ac.za/diseases-a-z-index/west-nile-fever/ (last access: 16 August 2024); GOV.UK – https://www.gov.uk/guidance/west-nile-fever (last access: 16 August 2024). N: 1. – West (adj): As an adjective from late 14c.; as a noun from late 12c. West used in geopolitical sense from World War I (Britain, France, Italy, as opposed
GC: n S: CDC – https://www.cdc.gov/west-nile-virus/about/index.html (last access: 16 August 2024); WHO – https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/west-nile-virus (last access: 16 August 2024). N: 1. – West (adj): As an adjective from late 14c.; as a noun from late 12c. West used in geopolitical sense from World War I (Britain, France, Italy, as opposed