GC: n S: MEDLP – https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000766.htm (last access: 6 January 2025); NHS – https://www.oxfordhealthformulary.nhs.uk/docs/Guidelines%20for%20the%20management%20of%20alcohol%20dependendence%20-%20Dec%202020_RH.pdf (last access: 9 January 2025). N: 1. delirium: 1590s, «a disordered state, more or less temporary, of the mind, often occurring during fever or illness,» from Latin delirium «madness,» from deliriare «be crazy, rave,» literally «go
GC: n S: NSC – https://www.newscientist.com/article/2253386-what-are-t-cells-and-why-have-they-become-a-political-football/ (last access: 22 October 2020); SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/t-cell (last access: 22 October 2020). N: 1. – T (letter): Twentieth letter of the English alphabet. The T-cell (1970) so called because they are derived from the thymus. – cell (n): Early 12c., «small monastery, subordinate monastery» (from Medieval Latin
GC: n S: WHO – https://bit.ly/2Qa2fmE (last access: 21 November 2018); NCBI – https://bit.ly/2OVnMLa (last access: 21 November 2018). N: 1. «rapid heartbeat,» 1868, Modern Latin, coined 1867 by German-born physician Hermann Lebert (1813-1878) from tachy- «swift» + Latinized form of Greek kardia «heart,» from PIE root *kerd- «heart.» 2.
Definition: The act of assigning a keyword or term to a piece of information, in order to facilitate its retrieval. Synonyms and Acronyms: None To be avoided: None
GC: S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1769710/ (last access: 23 December 2019); Medscape – https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/332378-overview (last access: 23 December 2019). N: 1. – Takayasu (pn): Mikito Takayasu (高安 右人 Takayasu Mikito, September 4, 1860 – November 20, 1938) was a Japanese ophthalmologist known for his discovery of Takayasu’s arteritis. – arteritis (n):
GC: n S: http://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/takotsubo-cardiomyopathy-broken-heart-syndrome (last access: 23 June 2017); http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1513631-overview (last access: 23 June 2017). N: 1. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy was first reported in Japan in 1990. The word ’Takotsubo’ means ‘octopus pot’ in Japanese, as the left ventricle of the heart changes into a similar shape as the pot –
GC: n S: UN – http://www.un.org/News/dh/latest/afghan/un-afghan-history.shtml (last access: 11 December 2014); BBC – http://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-11451718 (last access: 16 December 2014). N: 1. Taliban (n): Sunni fundamentalist movement begun in Afghanistan, from Pashto plural of Arabic tālib «student;» so called because it originated among students in Pakistani religious schools. 2. Originally, «taliban,»
GG: n S: FAO – http://www.fao.org/docrep/x5624e/x5624e04.htm (last access: 7 November 2013); CDC – https://www.cdc.gov/drinking-water/causes/index.html (last access: 23 November 2024). N: 1.- tap (n): «a light stroke, as with the fingers; a gentle blow,» mid-14c., a noun from tap (v.1) or from Old French tape, from the verb in French. It
GC: n S: PetroNaft – https://www.petronaftco.com/bitumen-same-tar/ (last access: 2 May 2025); HistUnd – https://historyundusted.wordpress.com/2014/08/18/pitch-vs-tar/ (last access: 2 May 2025). N: 1. type of thick, viscous, dark-colored liquid used as a salve (for sheep), caulking agent (for ships), and incendiary material, Middle English tēr, from Old English teoru, teru «tar, bitumen,
GC: n S: Araneae – https://araneae.nmbe.ch/data/3977/Lycosa_tarantula (last access: 29 August 2024); Tandfonline – https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03949370.2011.587833 (last access: 29 August 2024). N: 1. 1560s, «wolf spider,» (Lycos tarantula), from Medieval Latin tarantula, from Italian tarantola, from Taranto «Taranto,» seaport city in southern Italy in the region where the spiders are frequently found,
GC: n S: EJ – https://www.embopress.org/doi/abs/10.1002/j.1460-2075.1994.tb06341.x (last access: 19 November 2020); ASM – https://jvi.asm.org/content/78/23/12800.short (last access: 19 November 2020). N: 1. c. 1300, «shield,» diminutive of late Old English targe, from Old French targe «light shield» (12c.), from Frankish *targa «shield,» from Proto-Germanic *targ- (source also of Old High German zarga «edging, border,» German zarge «border, edge, frame,» Old English targe, Old Norse targa «shield,
GC: n S: BBC (last access: 15 March 2025); EC (last access: 15 March 2025). N: 1. 1590s, «arithmetical table,» also «official list or table of customs duties on goods for import or export;» also «a law regulating import duties,» from Italian tariffa «tariff, price, assessment,» Medieval Latin tarifa «list
GC: n S: UNESCO – https://en.unesco.org/themes/teachers (last Access: 31 May 2020); Elsevier – https://www.journals.elsevier.com/teaching-and-teacher-education (last Access: 31 May 2020). N: 1. «one who teaches,» c. 1300; agent noun from teach (v.). It was used earlier in a sense of «index finger» (late 13c.). Teacher’s pet attested from 1856. 2. One that teaches, especially: one
GC: n S: The Guardian – https://www.theguardian.com/money/2017/oct/21/rent-property-letting-agent-fees-government-ban (last access: 9 November 2017); The Telegraph – http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/landlord-guide/tenant-deposits-need-to-know/ (last access: 9 November 2017). N: 1. From Anglo-French tenaunt (late 13c.), Old French tenant «possessor; feudal tenant» (12c.), noun use of present participle of tenir «to hold,» from Latin tenere «hold, keep, grasp,»
GC: n S: HUM – http://www.humanitarian.net/biodefense/fazdc/zdc1/zoores_protozoan.html (last access: 2 December 2014); MEDLP – http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003131.htm (last access: 2 December 2014); DORLAND p. 384. N: 1. «a straining» (to void the contents of the bowels), 1520s, medical Latin, from Greek tenesmos «a straining,» from teinein «to stretch». 2. Spasmodic contraction of anal