GC: n S: MEDLP – http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000355.htm (last access: 5 September 2014); NHS – https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/scurvy/ (last access: 10 August 2024). N: 1. 1560s, noun use of adjective scurvy “covered with scabs, diseased, scorbutic” (early 15c.), variant of scurfy. It took on the narrower meaning of Dutch scheurbuik, French scorbut “scurvy,” in reference

GC: n S: Nature – https://go.nature.com/2NSpa0Z (last access: 11 May 2019); LSC – https://bit.ly/30lFsGK (last access: 11 May 2019). N: 1. The object was first described by Gómez-Gálvez et al. in a paper entitled Scutoids are a geometrical solution to three-dimensional packing of epithelia, and published in July 2018. Officially,

GC: S: (last access: ); (last access: ). N: S: 1. (last access: ). 2. (last access: ). 3. (last access: ). 4. (last access: ). SYN: S: CR:

GC: n S: http://ngom.usgs.gov/pubs/pubs/Morton.Holmes_GCAGS09.pdf (last access: 27 September 2015); http://ruby.colorado.edu/~smyth/G101-7.html (last access: 27 September 2015). N: 1. 1845, from sediment (1540s, “matter which settles at the bottom of water or other liquid,” from Middle French sédiment (16c.) and directly from Latin sedimentum “a settling, sinking down,” from stem of sedere

GC: n S: STUD – https://bit.ly/2zoE9em (last access: 22 November 2018); EncBrit – https://bit.ly/2BvxrVk (last access: 22 November 2018). N: 1. mid-14c., “rebellion, uprising, revolt, concerted attempt to overthrow civil authority; violent strife between factions, civil or religious disorder, riot; rebelliousness against authority,” from Old French sedicion (14c., Modern French

GC: n S: http://centres.insead.edu/humanitarian-research-group/research-projects/documents/WP2010-47_UsingORtosupporthumanitarianoperationsLearningfromtheHaitiearthquake.pdf (last access: 13 June 2016); https://elsevier.conference-services.net/resources/247/2182/pdf/CPAC2011_0114_paper.pdf (last access: 13 June 2016). N: 1. seism (n): From Greek seismos. seismic (adj.): 1858, from seismo- (word-forming element meaning “earthquake,” from comb. form of Greek seismos “a shaking, shock; an earthquake,” from seiein “to shake,” from PIE root *twei-

GC: n S: USGS – https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-seismic-zone-or-seismic-hazard-zone (last access: 6 June 2024); SFExaminer – https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/much-of-san-franciscos-affordable-housing-is-slated-for-seismic-hazard-zones/article_434c3984-1428-11ed-a74f-83ac2da776eb.html (last access: 6 June 2024). N: 1.- seismic (adj): 1852, “pertaining to or of the nature of an earthquake,” from seismo- + -ic. Alternative seismal is by 1853. Related: Seismical; seismically; seismicity. – hazard (n): c.

GC: n S: UNCHARTER – http://www.un.org/en/documents/charter/chapter7.shtml (last access: 12 November 2014); http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/s_to_u/self_defence/ (last access: 12 November 2014). N: 1. self-defence (n): 1650s, “act of defending oneself,” first attested in Hobbes, from self- + defense. In sports sense, first with reference to fencing (1728), then boxing (1820s). self-: word forming element

GC: adj S: FAO – http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/x4946e/x4946e0b.htm (last access: 10 April 2016); http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23139114 (last access: 10 April 2016). N: 1. Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin. Latin, sentire, to feel. 2. Different meanings: Capable of perceiving sensations. Responding to a stimulus. Acutely perceptive of interpersonal situations. One who is readily

GC: n S: https://onlinecourses.science.psu.edu/stat507/node/71 (last access: 10 April 2016); https://beanaroundtheworld.wordpress.com/2011/10/08/epidemiology-sensitivity-and-specificity/ (last access: 10 April 2016). N: 1. From Latin, sentire. 2. Different meanings of “sensitivity”: capacity to feel, transmit, or react to a stimulus. susceptibility to a substance, such as a drug or an antigen. See also allergy, hypersensitivity. the

GC: n S:  StL – http://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/bri/view.cgi?n=29424 (last access: 29 August 2014);  NIH – https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/sepsis.html (last access: 27 September 2015). N: 1. From Greek oiNits, putrefaction. Sepsis or Septic Infection, a term applied in medicine and surgery to indicate the resultant infection of a wound or sore by micro-organisms or by

GC: n S: HL – http://www.healthline.com/health/septicemia#Overview1 (last access: 26 September 2015); WebMD – http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/sepsis-septicemia-blood-infection (last access: 26 September 2015). N: 1. 1857, Modern Latin septicæmia, from French septicoemi, coined irregularly by French physician Pierre-Adolphe Piorry (1794-1879) in 1837 from Greek septikos (see septic) + haima “blood” (see -emia). 2. Systemic disease

GC: n S: http://www.rockefeller.edu/pubinfo/Pasteur/Kornberg_essay.html (last access: 29 December 2015); http://interestingliterature.com/2015/01/28/a-short-history-of-the-word-serendipity/ (last access: 29 December 2015). N: 1. 1754 (but rare before 20c.), coined by Horace Walpole (1717-92) in a letter to Horace Mann (dated Jan. 28); he said he formed it from the Persian fairy tale “The Three Princes of

See serological test.

GC: n S: FDA – https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-serological-tests (last access: 8 April 2020); ECDC – https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/media/en/publications/Publications/lyme-borreliosis-diagnostic-accuracy-serological-tests-systematic-review.pdf (last access: 8 April 2020). N: 1. – serological (adj): From the noun serology (1907, from sero-, combining form of “serum”, + “-logy”. Related: Serological; serologist). – test (n): Late 14c., “small vessel used in assaying precious metals,” from

GC: n S: NHS – https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/microbiology/diagnostic-tests/atoz/serology.aspx (last access: 8 April 2020); URMC – https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?ContentTypeID=85&ContentID=P00959 (last access: 8 April 2020). N: 1. 1907, from sero-, combining form of “serum”, + “-logy”. Related: Serological; serologist. 2. The branch of science dealing with the measurement and characterization of antibodies and other immunological substances in body fluids,

GC: n S: MNT – http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/kc/serotonin-facts-232248 (last access: 11 November 2016); Healthline – http://www.healthline.com/health/healthy-sleep/foods-that-could-boost-your-serotonin (last access: 11 November 2016). N: 1.1948, coined from sero-, comb. form of serum (q.v.) + ton(ic) + chemical suffix -in. Chemical formula: C10H12N2O. 2. A chemical, 5-hydrozytryptamine (5-HT), present in blood platelets, the gastrointestinal tract,

GC: n S: UNESCO – http://portal.unesco.org/es/ev.php-URL_ID=48368&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html (last access: 12 May 2013); APA – http://www.apa.org/topics/sexual-abuse/ (last access: 21 May 2015). N: 1. – sexual (adj): 1650s, “of or pertaining to the fact of being male or female,” from Late Latin sexualis “relating to sex,” from Latin sexus. Meaning “pertaining to copulation

GC: n S: UN – http://www.un.org/womenwatch/osagi/pdf/whatissh.pdf (last access: 10 July 2016); https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/sexual_harassment.cfm (last access: 10 July 2016). N: 1. sexual (adj): 1650s, “of or pertaining to the fact of being male or female,” from Late Latin sexualis “relating to sex,” from Latin sexus. Meaning “pertaining to copulation or generation” is

See SIERTERM: https://sierterm.es/content/shale-gas

GC: n S: WWWords – https://www.worldwidewords.org/tw-sha1.html (last access: 3 November 2024); OpenDemoc – https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/elysium-plastic-people/ (last access: 3 November 2024). N: 1. Used as a metonymy or synecdoche for “shanty house” in shanty towns. – shanty (n): “rough cabin,” 1820, from Canadian French chantier “lumberjack’s headquarters,” in French, “timberyard, dock,” from

GC: n S: BBC – http://bit.do/ezNSd (last access: 26 February 2013); RedcrossInt – http://bit.do/ezNSY (last access: 31 October 2018). N: 1. – shanty (adj): 1836, from shanty (“rough cabin,” 1820, from Canadian French chantier “lumberjack’s headquarters,” in French, “timberyard, dock,” from Old French chantier “gantry,” from Latin cantherius “rafter, frame”.

GC: n S: NCBI – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11595626 (last access: 2 December 2014), WHO – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs125/en/ (last access: 2 December 2014). N: 1. Shiga (Proper noun): Shiga Kiyoshi, (born Feb. 7, 1871, Sendai, Japan—died Jan. 25, 1957, Tokyo), Japanese bacteriologist, chiefly noted for his discovery (1897) of the dysentery bacillus Shigella, which

GC: n S: CNN – http://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/05/europe/mediterranean-migrants-shipwreck/ (last access: 9 October 2015); Shipwreck – http://shipwreck.net/pr195.php (last access: 31 January 2014). N: 1. mid-15c., from ship (n.) + wreck (n.). Earlier it meant “things cast up from a shipwreck” (c. 1100). The earlier word for “shipwreck” in the modern sense was Middle