GC: n S: The Guardian – http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/06/bae-shipyard-job-cuts-westminister (last access: 31 January 2014); BBC – https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-67458055 (last access: 12 June 2024). N: 1. shipyard (n.): c.1700, from ship (n.) + yard (n.1). – ship (n.): Old English scip “ship, boat,” from Proto-Germanic *skipam (cognates: Old Norse, Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Gothic
GC: n S: Britseafish – http://britishseafishing.co.uk/the-scarborough-reef-dispute/ (last access: 31 January 2014); Inquirer – https://globalnation.inquirer.net/238209/ph-has-every-right-to-ground-ships-in-sabina-analysts-say (last access: 12 June 2024). N: 1. shoal (n.1): “place of shallow water,” c.1300, from Old English schealde (adj.), from sceald “shallow,” from Proto-Germanic *skala- (cognates: Swedish skäll “thin;” Low German schol, Frisian skol “not deep”),
GC: n S: http://www.komonews.com/weather/faq/4308002.html (last access: 15 July 2015) N: 1. Old English scur “a short fall of rain, storm, tempest; fall of missiles or blows; struggle, commotion; breeze,” from Proto-Germanic *skuraz, from PIE root *kew-(e)ro- “north, north wind” (cognates: Latin caurus “northwest wind;” Old Church Slavonic severu “north, north
GC: n S: NCBI – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/5186710/ (last access: 23 June 2024); CDC – https://www.cdc.gov/flu/treatment/caring-for-someone.htm (last access: 23 June 2024). N: 1. – sick (adj): Middle English sik, from Old English seoc “ill, unwell, diseased, feeble, weak; corrupt; sad, troubled, deeply affected by strong feeling,” from Proto-Germanic *seuka-, which is of
GC: n S: Mednet – http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=5489 (last access: 13 September 2015); NHS – http://www.nhs.uk/chq/pages/997.aspx?categoryid=73&subcategoryid=108 (last access: 13 September 2015). N: 1. Also side-effect, 1884, from side (adj.) + effect (n.). Medical use, with reference to drugs, is recorded from 1939. 2. A secondary and usually adverse effect (as of a
GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs360/en/ (last access: 2 May 2017); https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/copd/signs (last access: 2 May 2017). N: 1. Early 13c., “gesture or motion of the hand,” especially one meant to communicate something, from Old French signe “sign, mark,” from Latin signum “identifying mark, token, indication, symbol; proof; military standard,
GC: n S: WHO – https://bit.ly/2FKBHEr (last access: 22 November 2018); BBC – https://bbc.in/2TV2iBy (last access: 22 November 2018). N: 1. “inflammation of the sinuses,” 1896; from “sinus” (“hollow curve or cavity in the body,” early 15c., from Medieval Latin sinus, from Latin sinus “bend, fold, curve, a bent surface;
GC: n S: NIH – https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/sjogren-syndrome (last access: 21 May 2017); Medscape – https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/332125-overview (last access: 4 April 2018). N: 1. – Sjögren (pn): Henrik Samuel Conrad Sjögren was a Swedish ophthalmologist (1899 – 1986). – syndrome (n): “A number of symptoms occurring together,” 1540s, from medical Latin, from Greek
GC: n S: UNICEF – http://www.unicef.org/protection/usa_39234.html (last access: 31 January 2016); ILO – http://ihscslnews.org/view_article.php?id=341 (last access: 31 January 2016). N: 1. late 13c., “person who is the chattel or property of another,” from Old French esclave (13c.), from Medieval Latin Sclavus “slave” (source also of Italian schiavo, French esclave, Spanish
GC: n S: UN – http://www.un.org/en/events/slaveryabolitionday/ (last access: 31 January 2016); ILO – http://goo.gl/Nos58 (last access: 31 January 2016); EncBrit – http://www.britannica.com/topic/slavery-sociology (last access: 1.02.2016). N: 1. 1550s, “severe toil, hard work, drudgery;” from slave (v.) + -ery. Meaning “state of servitude” is from 1570s; meaning “keeping or holding of
GC: n S: CC – https://goo.gl/eLtKk8 (last access: 20 November 2018); WebMD – https://wb.md/2KyLb7R (last access: 20 November 2018). N: 1. – sleeping (adj): c. 1300, present-participle adjective from sleep (v.). Sleeping-pill is from 1660s; sleeping-bag is from 1850; sleeping sickness as a specific African tropical disease is first recorded
GC: n S: http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/exhibits/disasters/blizzard.htm (last access: 25 June 2015); http://www2.epa.gov/region8-waterops/emergencies-and-security-natural-disasters (last access: 25 June 2015). N: 1. c.1300, slete, either from an unrecorded Old English *slete, *slyte, related to Middle High German sloz, Middle Low German sloten (plural) “hail,” from Proto-Germanic *slautjan- (cognates: dialectal Norwegian slutr, Danish slud, Swedish sloud
GC: n S: http://www.livestrong.com/slow-healing-wounds/ (last access: 12 March 2013); http://www.diabetes.co.uk/symptoms/slow-healing-of-wounds.html (last access: 27 July 2015). N: Causes of slow wound healing. There are a number of things that can delay or complicate the healing of wounds, including: Diabetes mellitus Low HGH (human growth hormone) Rheumatoid arthritis Vascular or arterial diseases
GC: n S: UNODC – https://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/Migrant_smuggling_in_North_Africa_June_2010_ebook_E_09-87293.pdf (last access: 4 June 2023); JSTOR – https://www.jstor.org/stable/44148674 (last access: 4 June 2023). N: 1. – small (adj): Middle English smal, smale, from Old English smæl “thin, slender, narrow; fine,” from Proto-Germanic *smal- “small animal; small” (source also of Old Saxon, Danish, Swedish, Middle
GC: n S: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/04/30/small-hail-chance-in-scattered-thundershowers-2-10-p-m-today/ (last access: 15 July 2015); http://www.ktvq.com/story/29182535/q2-weather-just-a-little-free-lawn-watering-with-small-hail-today (last access: 15 July 2015). N: 1. small (adj): Old English smæl “thin, slender, narrow; fine,” from Proto-Germanic *smal- “small animal; small”. hail (n): “frozen rain, pellets of ice falling in showers,” Old English hægl, hagol (Mercian hegel) “hail, hailstorm,”
GC: n S: CDC – http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/ (last access: 10 December 2013); Mednet – http://www.medicinenet.com/smallpox/article.htm (last access: 28 July 2015); DORLAND. N: 1. smallpox (n.): acute, highly contagious disease, 1510s, small pokkes, as distinguished from great pox “syphillis;” from small-pock “pustule caused by smallpox” (mid-15c.); see small (adj.) + pox. Compare
GC: n S: CDC – https://www.cdc.gov/smallpox/vaccine-basics/index.html (last access: 9 June 2024); WHO – https://www.who.int/news-room/spotlight/history-of-vaccination/history-of-smallpox-vaccination (last access: 9 June 2024). N: 1. – smallpox (n): acute, highly contagious disease, 1510s, small pokkes, as distinguished from great pox “syphilis;” from small-pock “pustule caused by smallpox” (mid-15c.); see small (adj.) + pox. Compare
GC: n S: http://www.toolkitsportdevelopment.org/html/topic_03DF8A69-0DAC-47D5-8A14-1E1833901BFE_BBA5D8DC-5C40-4F9C-A6A4-0268098134D7_1.htm (last access: 25 April 2013); http://web.undp.org/evaluation/handbook/ch2-4.html (last access: 2 September 2014). N: SMART criteria were originally proposed as a management tool for project and program managers to set goals and objectives (Doran 1981 and others), but these days the SMART criteria have been well accepted in