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: http://callape.com/issue/may-2014/article/understanding-the-differences-between-asphalt-and-refined-coal-tar (last access: 7 February 2016); http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Tar (last access: 7 February 2016). N: 1. tar (n.1): a viscous liquid, Old English teoru, teru “tar, bitumen, resin, gum,” literally “the pitch of (certain kinds of) trees,” from Proto-Germanic *terwo- (cognates: Old Norse tjara, Old Frisian tera, Middle Dutch
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: 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
GC: adj S: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/15/opinion/sunday/offering-a-choice-to-the-terminally-ill.html?_r=0 (last access: 16 July 2015); http://patient.info/health/benefits-for-the-terminally-ill (last access: 16 July 2015); NAVARRO p. 996. N: What is meant by terminally ill? The definition used by the Department for Work and Pensions, when they assess a claim under the special rules, is that a person is suffering
GC: n S: Termcoord – https://termcoord.eu/why-terminology/31318-2/ (last access: 27 December 2022); UN – https://careers.un.org/lbw/home.aspx?viewtype=LCEFD&FId=6 (last access: 27 December 2022). N: 1. Neologism, created from “terminology”, from Medieval Latin terminus (“word, expression”) + -logue (word-forming element meaning “one who is immersed in or driven by,” mostly from French-derived words, ultimately from
GC: n S: Uwasa – http://lipas.uwasa.fi/~atn/papers/artikkelit/OnTerminologySc.html (last access: 26 December 2022); Eurasiarev – https://www.eurasiareview.com/08012022-introduction-to-the-science-of-terminology-analysis/ (last access: 26 December 2022). N: 1. 1770, from German Terminologie, a hybrid coined by Christian Gottfried Schütz (1747-1832), professor of poetry and rhetoric at Jena, from Medieval Latin terminus “word, expression” (see terminus) + Greek
GC: n S: JSTOR – https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1413003.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default%3A97e2edee6a1941f7a7fb266943142f1a&ab_segments=&origin=&initiator=&acceptTC=1 (last access: 16 December 2023); Whipple – https://ia800708.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/28/items/crossref-pre-1923-scholarly-works/10.1037%252Fh0069483.zip&file=10.1037%252Fh0070121.pdf (last access: 16 December 2023). N: 1. c. 1400, “proof or demonstration of some fact, evidence, piece of evidence;” early 15c., “legal testimony, sworn statement of a witness,” from Old North French testimonie (Old French testimoine 11c.), from Latin
GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/topics/tetanus/en/ (last access: 19 November 2013); NHS – https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/tetanus/ (last access: 12 March 2021). N: 1. tetanus (n.): infectious disease, late 14c., from Latin tetanus “tetanus,” from Greek tetanos “tetanus, muscular spasm,” literally “a stretching, tension,” from teinein “to stretch” (see tenet); “so called because
GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/topics/antiretroviral_therapy/en/ (last access: 29 April 2016); WHO – http://www.who.int/lep/mdt/en/ (last access: 29 April 2016); http://www.esciencecentral.org/journals/infectious-diseases-and-therapy.php (last access: 29 April 2016). N: 1. 1846, “medical treatment of disease,” from Modern Latin therapia, from Greek therapeia “curing, healing, service done to the sick; a waiting on, service,”