GC: n S: Rspb – https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/sparrowhawk/ (last access: 3 January 2023); WildlifeT – https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/birds/birds-prey/sparrowhawk (last access: 3 January 2023). N: 1. hawk that preys on small birds, c. 1400, replacing forms from Old English spearhafoc; see sparrow + hawk (n.). 2. sparrowhawk, any of various small birds of prey usually

GC: n S: UC Riverside – https://spiders.ucr.edu/ (last access: 19 August 2024); Penn – https://ento.psu.edu/outreach/extension/insect-image-gallery/spiders (last access: 19 August 2024). N: 1. late 14c., spydyr, spither, earlier spiþre, spiþur, spiþer (mid-14c.), from Old English spiðra, from Proto-Germanic *spin-thron- (cognate with Danish spinder), etymologically “spinner,” from PIE root *(s)pen- “to draw,

GC: n S: SciELO – http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-81752001000200026 (last access: 26 July 2016); BBC – http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Majidae (last access: 26 July 2016). N: 1. – spider (n): late 14c., spydyr, from earlier spiþre, spiþur, spiþer (14c.), from Old English spiðra, from Proto-Germanic *spin-thron- (cognate with Danish spinder), literally “the spinner,” from *spen-wo- “to

GC: n S: http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/air-land-water/spills-environmental-emergencies (last access: 22 July 2016); http://www.itopf.com/knowledge-resources/documents-guides/environmental-effects/ (last access: 22 July 2016). N: 1. 1845, originally “a throw or fall from a horse,” from spill (v.). Meaning “the spilling of a liquid, amount of spilled stuff” is from 1848. 2. Risks and Threats (Security); Pollution (General): The

GC: n S: MEDLP – http://vsearch.nlm.nih.gov/vivisimo/cgi-bin/query-meta?v%3Aproject=medlineplus&query=spinal+cord&x=0&y=0 (last access: 25 November 2014). WHO – http://www.who.int/disabilities/policies/spinal_cord_injury/report/en/ (last access: 25 November 2014). NIH – http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/sci/sci.htm (last access: 25 November 2014). N: 1. 1570s, from Late Latin spinalis (of or pertaining to a thorn or the spine), from Latin spina. Spinal tap recorded from

GC: n S: WildlifeT – https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/marine/crustaceans/spiny-lobster (last access: 14 October 2024); MYFWC – https://myfwc.com/research/saltwater/crustaceans/lobster/facts/ (last access: 14 October 2024). N: 1. – spiny (adj): “having thorns or spines, thorny,” 1580s, from spine + -y (2). Related: Spininess. – lobster (n): large, long-tailed, stalk-eyed, 10-legged marine shellfish (Homarus vulgaris), early Middle

GC: n S: NIH – http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spleendiseases.html (last access: 29 July 2015); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537307/ (last access: 21 July 2024). N: 1. c.1300, from Old French esplen, from Latin splen, from Greek splen “the milt, spleen,” from PIE *spelgh- “spleen, milt” (cognates: Sanskrit plihan-, Avestan sperezan, Armenian p’aicaln, Latin lien, Old

GC: n S: ScDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0976566220303155 (last access: 3 December 2020); HD – https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/spondylolisthesis (last access: 3 December 2020). N: 1. It comes from the medical Latin and from the Greek spondylos “a vertebra” (in plural “the backbone” variant of sphondylos, of uncertain origin) + oliothesis “dislocation, slipping”. 2. Forward displacement

GC: n S: http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/spore-bacteria.php (last access: 8 October 2015); https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002307.htm (last access: 8 October 2015). N: 1. “reproductive body in flowerless plants corresponding to the seeds of flowering ones,” 1836, from Modern Latin spora, from Greek spora “a seed, a sowing, seed-time,” related to sporas “scattered, dispersed,” sporos “a sowing,”

See chorea

GC: n S: http://completewellbeing.com/article/water-borne-diseases/ (last access: 23 September 2015); http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/water-stagnation-a-perennial-problem/article5315861.ece (last access: 23 September 2015). N: 1. stagnation (n): 1660s, noun of action from stagnate (v.). stagnate (v): 1660s, from Latin stagnatum, stagnatus, past participle of stagnare “to stagnate,” from stagnatum “standing water, pond, swamp,” perhaps from a PIE root

GC: n S: WHO – http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/en/d/Jh2918e/7.html#Jh2918e.7.1 (last access: 22 March 2018); Medscape – https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/788199-overview (last access: 23 March 2018). N: 1. – staphylococcal (adj): From the noun staphylococcus (New Latin, from Greek staphylē bunch of grapes + New Latin -coccus). First Known Use: 1900. of, relating to, caused by, or

GC: n S: Stategov – https://www.state.gov/ (last access: 12 March 2021); COE – https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/belgianchairmanship-federalstate (last access: 12 March 2021). N: 1. “political organization of a country, supreme civil power, government,” c. 1300, from special use of state (from Old French estat “position, condition; status, stature, station,” and directly from Latin

GC: n S: UMN – http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/gencomm/hrc29.html (last access: 22 April 2013); ETHZ – https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/14131/backgrounder_02_states_emergency.pdf (last access: 9 October 2021). N: 1. state of emergency, plural states of emergency (countable). When a government gives itself special powers in order to try to control an unusually difficult or dangerous situation, especially when this

GC: n S: UNHCR – http://bit.do/ezWu5 (last access: 8 November 2015); UNOHCHR – http://bit.do/ezWve (last access: 6 November 2015). N: 1. – stateless (adj): c. 1600, from state + -less. – person (n): early 13c., from Old French persone “human being, anyone, person” (12c., Modern French personne) and directly from

GC: n S: UNHCR – http://bit.do/ez3Gc (last access: 27 October 2016); USDepSt – http://bit.do/ez3Gn (last access: 2 November 2016). N: 1. From state (the political organization of a country, supreme civuk power, government) and less (word-forming element meaning “lacking, cannot be, does not”). 2.The condition of not being considered as

GC: n S: MosquitoCatalog – http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/files/pdfs/MQ0398.pdf (last access: 24 June 2016); BMC – https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-015-0793-6 (last access: 24 June 2016). N: 1. Scientific name for mosquito tiger or Aedes albopictus. 2. The mosquito Stegomyia albopicta, previously Aedes albopictus (Reinert & Harbach 2005), originating from Southeast Asia, has undergone a noteworthy expansion

GC: n S: NIH – https://stemcells.nih.gov/info/basics/1.htm (last access: 15 November 2016); MEDLP – https://medlineplus.gov/stemcells.html (last access: 16 November 2016). N: 1. – stem (n): Old English stemn, stefn “stem of a plant, trunk of a tree, “ also “either end-post of a ship,” from Proto- Germanic stamniz (source also of

GC: n S: NMDP – https://bethematch.org/transplant-basics/how-blood-stem-cell-transplants-work/ (last access: 11 January 2024); AMS – https://www.cancer.org/cancer/managing-cancer/treatment-types/stem-cell-transplant.html (last access: 11 January 2024) N: 1. – stem (n): In modern linguistics, the sense of “part of a word that remains unchanged through inflection” is from 1830. In biology, stem cell is attested by 1885.

GC: n S: http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/guide/stents-types-and-uses (last access: 21 September 2015); http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/stents (last access: 21 September 2015). N: 1. “tube implanted temporarily,” 1964, named for Charles T. Stent (1807-1885), English dentist. 2. A stent is a tiny wire mesh tube. It props open an artery and is left there permanently. When a

GC: n S: AAO – https://www.aao.org/eye-health/drugs/steroid-tablets (last access: 21 November 2023); NHS – https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/conditions-and-treatments/medicines-information/short-term-steroid-treatment/ (last access: 21 November 2023). N: 1. naturally occuring substance based on a carbon skeleton similar to that of sterol molecules, 1936, from sterol + –oid “resembling.” Related: Steroids. 2. steroid, any of a class of

See https://humantermuem.es/content/emoticon/?lang=en, and please read note 6.

GC: n S: Thebalance – https://bit.ly/2TDtsNv (last access: 3 August 2019); IG – https://bit.ly/2GGwQlx (last access: 3 August 2019). N: 1. Made up by two words: stock (the original Stock Market was a fish and meat market in the City of London near Mansion House; It was so called probably

See stock exchange