GC: S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537045/ (last access: 20 August 2024); Penn – https://extension.psu.edu/brown-recluse-spiders (last access: 20 August 2024). N: 1. – brown (adj): Old English brun “dark, dusky,” developing a definite color sense from 13c., from Proto-Germanic *brunaz (source also of Old Norse brunn, Danish brun, Old Frisian and Old

GC: n S: WHO – https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/rabies (last acces: 13 April 2024); CDC – https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/index.html (last access: 14 April 2024). N: 1. 1590s, from Latin rabies “madness, rage, fury,” related to rabere “be mad, rave” (see rage (v.)). Sense of “extremely fatal infectious disease causing madness in dogs” was a secondary

GC: n S: WOAH – https://www.woah.org/fileadmin/Home/eng/Health_standards/tahm/3.01.18_RABIES.pdf (last access: 15 September 2024); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK8618/ (last access: 15 September 2024). N: 1. – rabies (n): “extremely fatal infectious disease of dogs, humans, and many other mammals,” 1590s, from Latin rabies “madness, rage, fury,” related to rabere “be mad, rave” (see rage

GC: n S: UNESCO – http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001229/122962eo.pdf (last access: 28 January 2016); ForAff – https://www.foreignaffairs.com/topics/race-ethnicity (last access: 28 January 2016). N: 1. “people of common descent,” a word from the 16th century, from Middle French race, earlier razza “race, breed, lineage, family” (16c.), possibly from Italian razza, of unknown origin (cognate

GC: n S: AI – http://www.amnesty.org.au/indigenous-rights/comments/34515/ (last access: 8 December 2014); UN – http://www.un.org/en/events/racialdiscriminationday/ (last access: 8 December 2014). N: 1. – racial (adj): 1862, from race + -ial. Related: Racially. – -ial: variant of -al (suffix forming adjectives from nouns or other adjectives, “of, like, related to, pertaining to,”

GC: n S: DAH – https://goo.gl/txYldg (last access: 20 October 2016); BR – http://www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002_04-background-02-01.htm (last access: 23 October 2016). N: 1. racial (adj): 1862, from race + -ial. Related: Racially. race (n): people of common descent,” a word from the 16th century, from Middle French race, earlier razza “race, breed,

GG: n S: UNICEF – https://bit.ly/2Si2bmI (last access: 8 February 2019); UN – https://bit.ly/2xJOhOs (8 February 2019). N: 1. racism (n.): 1936; see racist. racist: 1932 as a noun, 1938 as an adjective, from race (n.2); racism is first attested 1936 (from French racisme, 1935), originally in the context of

GC: n S: EMCI – https://bit.ly/2zJOjq6 (last access: 6 December 2018); The Guardian – https://bit.ly/2Qhtrkb (last access: 6 December 2018). N: 1. – raft (n.1): “floating platform,” late 15c., originally “rafter” (c.1300), from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse raptr “log” (Old Norse -pt- pronounced as -ft-), related to

See balsero

GC: n S: Met Office – http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/modelling-systems/dispersion-model (last access: 30 October 2014); http://fas.org/nuke/intro/nuke/radiation.htm (last access: 31 July 2015). N: 1. rain-out (n.): also rain out, rainout, 1947, from rain (v.) + out (adv.). 2. Radioactive material in the atmosphere brought down by precipitation. Term and definition standardized by NATO. 3.

GC: n S: ANNFAMMED – https://www.annfammed.org/content/6/3/239.full (last access: 20 April 2021); AHA – https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1161/01.CIR.10.1.81 (last access: 20 April 2021). N: 1. The term appears in 1820-1830; from French râle, derivative of râler “to make a rattling sound in the throat”. 2. An abnormal sound heard accompanying the normal respiratory sounds

GC: n S: WHO – http://apps.who.int/rhl/education/MR000012_seuca_com/en/index.html (last access: 27 December 2015); http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2267325/ (last access: 27 December 2015). N: 1. From verb randomize (1926, from random (adj.) + -ize. Related: Randomized; randomizing). 2. A method based on chance alone by which study participants are assigned to a treatment group. Randomization minimizes

GC:n S: UNICEF – https://www.unicef.org/somalia/press-releases/statement-responses-rape-and-sexual-assault (last access: 10 June 2024); UN – https://press.un.org/en/2024/sc15621.doc.htm (last access: 10 June 2024). N: 1. rape (n.): early 14c., “booty, prey;” mid-14c., “forceful seizure; plundering, robbery, extortion,” from Anglo-French rap, rape, and directly from Latin rapere “seize” (see rape (v.)). Meaning “act of abducting a

GC: n S: Tandfonline – https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01636609709550274 (last access: 11 May 2024); Muse – https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/527511/summary (last access: 11 May 2024); ScDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S127984790088828X (last access: 11 May 2024). N: 1. – rapid (adj): 1630s, “moving or doing quickly, capable of great speed,” from French rapide (17c.) and directly from Latin rapidus

GC: n S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4005780/ (last access: 17 June 2017); The Lancet – http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(13)70260-6/abstract (last access: 20 March 2018). N: 1. – Rasmussen (pn): Theodore Brown Rasmussen was an American neurologist, born April 28, 1910, Provo, Utah; died January 23, 2002, Calgary, Canada. – encephalitis (n): Encephalitis, plural encephalitides,

GC: S: NCBI – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2837713/ (last access: 19 September 2024); The Guardian – https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/09/rats-cockroaches-pests-english-hospitals-nhs (last access: 19 September 2024). N: 1. “a rodent of some of the larger species of the genus Mus,” late Old English ræt “rat,” a word of uncertain origin. Similar words are found in Celtic (Gaelic

GC: n S: MAYO – http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/raynauds-disease/basics/definition/con-20022916 (last access: 25 June 2017); NHS – https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/raynauds/ (last access: 21 March 2018). N: 1. – Raynaud (pn): G. Maurice Raynaud was a French physician, born August 10, 1834; died June 29, 1881. – phenomenon (n): 1570s, “fact, occurrence,” from Late Latin phænomenon, from

GC: n S: http://www.america.gov/st/scitech-english/2009/November/20091106134945ebyessedo0.6937329.html (last access: 6 March 2013); http://www.booktrust.org.uk/usr/library/documents/main/1576-booktrust-reading-habits-report-final.pdf (last access: 2 September 2014). N: Young children acquire reading literacy through a variety of activities and experiences within different contexts. According to Sharma (1978), to know about the world and its environment, a child helps himself through reading books,

GC: n F: FL – https://bit.ly/2E8MDdh (last access: 2 December 2018); STUD – https://bit.ly/2PZRZOo (last access: 27 November 2018). N: 1. “war waged against a government by some portion of its subjects,” mid-14c., from Old French rebellion (14c.) and directly from Latin rebellionem (nominative rebellio) “rebellion, revolt; renewal of war,”

GC: n S: IATE (C.T.T.J., Université de Moncton,1986; Common Law,Torts; Fleming, J. G., The Law of Torts, 5e éd., Sydney, The Law Book Company, 1977, p. 461); http://thelawdictionary.org/reckless-disregard/ (last access: 23 August 2015); http://definitions.uslegal.com/c/conduct-in-reckless-disregard/ (last access: 23 August 2015). N: 1. reckless disregard: In relation to behaviour, lack of heed

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/ebola/03-july-2015-liberia/en/ (last access: 21 May 2016); http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21446343 (last access: 21 May 2016). N: 1. 1640s, from recurrent + -ence. Related: Recurrency (1610s). 2. Two definitions: return of symptoms of a disease after a remission. reappearance of a tumor after previous removal. recidivation: relapse, recurrence, or

GC: n S: NCBI – https://bit.ly/314mMKE (last access: 8 October 2019); MEDLP – https://bit.ly/2oZpPk6 (last access: last access: 8 October 2019). N: 1. – red (adj): Old English read “red,” from Proto-Germanic *rauthan (source also of Old Norse rauðr, Danish rød, Old Saxon rod, Old Frisian rad, Middle Dutch root,

See red blood cell

GC: n S: EC – http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-17-3626_en.htm (last access 7 November 2018); IND – http://cort.as/-Bxvl (last access 8 November 2018). N: 1. 1847, “a submitting of a question to the voters as a whole” (originally chiefly in reference to Switzerland), from French or German, from Latin referendum “that which must be