GC: n S: http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/third_world_countries.htm (last access: 4 September 2015); EncBrit – http://global.britannica.com/topic/Third-World (last access: 4 September 2015). N: 1. Former political designation originally used (1963) to describe those states not part of the first world—the capitalist, economically developed states led by the U.S. —or the second world— the communist states

GC: n S: http://homepages.uel.ac.uk/ben2417s/EUAID2.htm (last access: 25 April 2013); http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/third_world.htm (last access: 2 September 2014). N: 1. Countries of the Third World. The term Third World was originally coined in times of the Cold War to distinguish those nations that are neither aligned with the West (NATO) nor with the

GC: npl S: ICRC – https://casebook.icrc.org/case-study/un-report-threats-challenges-and-change (last access: 4 July 2024); UN – https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/content/repertoire/actions (last access: 4 July 2024). N: 1. Old English þreat “crowd, troop,” also “oppression, coercion, menace,” related to þreotan “to trouble, weary,” from Proto-Germanic *thrautam (cognates: Dutch verdreiten, German verdrießen “to vex”), from PIE *treud- “to

See platelet

GC: n S: NHS – https://www.northdevonhealth.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Thrombocytopenia.pdf (last access: 14 November 2020); NIH – https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/thrombocytopenia#:~:text=Thrombocytopenia%20(THROM%2Dbo%2Dsi,other%20kinds%20of%20blood%20cells. (last access: 14 November 2020). N: 1. First Known Use of thrombocytopenia: 1921. New Latin, from International Scientific Vocabulary thrombocyte + New Latin -o- + -penia. 2. Thrombocytopenia, abnormally low number of platelets (thrombocytes) in the circulation. Normal platelet counts are between 150,000 and 400,000

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/ith/mode_of_travel/DVT/en/ (last access: 7 July 2017); Medscape – http://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/577318 (last access: 13 June 2015). N: 1. 1706, Modern Latin, from Greek thrombosis “a clumping or curdling” (from thrombousthai “become curdled or clotted,” from thrombos “clot, curd, lump;” see thrombus) + -osis. 2. The formation, development,

GC: n S: http://www.sciencemadesimple.co.uk/activities/thunder (last access: 30 June 2015); http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/thunder.html (last access: 30 June 2015). N: 1. mid-13c., from Old English þunor “thunder, thunderclap; the god Thor,” from Proto-Germanic thunraz, from PIE (s)tene- “to resound, thunder” (cognates: Sanskrit tanayitnuh “thundering,” Persian tundar “thunder,” Latin tonare “to thunder”). Swedish tordön is

GC: n S: http://www.adrc.asia/countryreport/NPL/NPLeng99/Nepal99.htm (last access: 30 June 2015) N: 1. mid-15c., from thunder (n.) + bolt (n.) “arrow, projectile.” 2. A single discharge of lightning with the accompanying thunder. First Known Use of THUNDERBOLT: 15th century. 3. Cultural Interrelation: We can mention the movie Powder (1995) directed by Victor

GC: n S: NOAA – https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/thunderstorms/ (last access: 30 July 2024); NWS – https://www.weather.gov/media/lsx/wcm/Thursday_tstorm_15.pdf (last access: 30 July 2024). N: 1. also thunder-storm, 1560s, from thunder (mid-13c., from Old English þunor “thunder, thunderclap; the god Thor,” from Proto-Germanic *thunraz, from PIE (s)tene- “to resound, thunder” + storm (Old English storm

GC: n S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5483461/ (last access: 6 December 2023); SD – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/thymol (last access: 6 December 2023). N: 1. thymol is a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek θύμον, -ol suffix. The earliest known use of the noun thymol is in the 1850s. Oxford

See “thymol” https://humantermuem.es/content/thymol/?lang=en

See thyroid cartilage and thyroid gland.

GC: n S: http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=15568 (last access: 12 July 2017); http://www.healthline.com/human-body-maps/thyroid-cartilage (last access: 12 July 2017). N: 1. – thyroid (adj): 1690s (in reference to both the cartilage and the gland), from Greek thyreoiedes “shield-shaped” (in khondros thyreoiedes “shield-shaped cartilage,” used by Galen to describe the “Adam’s apple” in the throat),

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/vmnis/database/iodine/iodine_data_sources/en/ (last access: 12 July 2017); https://www.thyroidfoundation.org.au/page/10/what-is-the-thyroid-gland-and-how-does-it-work (last access: 12 July 2017). N: 1. – thyroid (adj): Origin: Anc Greek θυρεός/thireos (=shield) + είδος/idos (=form). The shield name “θυρεός” derived from θύρα/thyra (=door) because of its oblong shape resembling to door. The aspis and the

GC: n S: NHS – https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/tics/ (last access: 2 December 2020); NH – https://www.novanthealth.org/healthy-headlines/a-condition-often-misunderstood (last access: 2 December 2020). N: 1. twitching of a facial muscle, 1822, often a shortening of tic douloureux “severe facial neuralgia,” literally “painful twitch” (1798), from French tic “a twitching disease of horses” (17c.), of unknown origin. Klein suggests

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/docstore/water_sanitation_health/vectcontrol/ch26.htm (last access: 17 June 2015); MEDNET – http://www.medicinenet.com/ticks/article.htm (last access: 17 June 2015). N: 1. parasitic blood-sucking arachnid animal, Old English ticia, from West Germanic tik-, of unknown origin, perhaps from PIE deigh- “insect.” French tique (mid-15c.), Italian zecca are Germanic loan-words. 2. Tick

GC: n S: http://www.usgs.gov/faq/categories/9755/3141 (last access: 4 August 2015); https://sciencebasedlife.wordpress.com/2011/06/01/tidal-waves-and-tsunamis-are-not-the-same-thing/ (last access: 4 August 2015). N: 1. tidal (adj): 1807, a hybrid formation from tide (n.) + Latin-derived suffix -al. wave (n): “moving billow of water,” 1520s, alteration (by influence of wave (v.)) of Middle English waw, which is from

tiger mosquito or Aedes albopictus. Please see Stegomyia albopicta.

GC: n S: OMS – https://www.who.int/health-topics/tobacco#tab=tab_1 (last access: 24 April 2020); Cochrane – https://www.cochrane.org/CD011244/TOBACCO_can-use-standardised-packaging-tobacco-products-reduce-use-tobacco (last access: 24 April 2020). N: 1. 1580s, from Spanish tabaco, in part from an Arawakan language of the Caribbean (probably Taino), said to mean “a roll of tobacco leaves” (according to Las Casas, 1552) or

GC: n S: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23810019 (last access: 5 September 2014); GDT. N: From tolerable, early 15c., “bearable,” from Middle French tolerable (14c.) and directly from Latin tolerabilis “that may be endured, supportable, passable,” from tolerare “to tolerate”. Meaning “moderate, middling, not bad” is recorded from 1540s. Related: Tolerably. S: OED –

GC: n S: GDT; NAVARRO p. 1011; http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/teaching-packets/neurobiology-drug-addiction/section-iii-action-heroin-morphine/6-definition-tolerance (last access: 5 September 2014). N: 1. tolerance (n.): early 15c., “endurance, fortitude” (in the face of pain, hardship, etc.), from Old French tolerance (14c.), from Latin tolerantia “a bearing, supporting, endurance,” from tolerans, present participle of tolerare “to bear, endure, tolerate”

GC: n S: EncBrit – https://www.britannica.com/science/tonsil (last access: 20 May 2018); WebMD – https://www.webmd.com/oral-health/picture-of-the-tonsils (last access: 20 May 2018). N: 1. c. 1600, from Latin tonsillae, tosillae (plural) “tonsils,” diminutive of toles “goiter,” which is perhaps of Gaulish origin. Related: Tonsils. Latin: tonsilla palatina. A05.2.01.011: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number. 2.

GC: n S: AS – http://www.accessscience.com/content/tonsillitis/700400 (last access: 6 December 2014); MEDLP – http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001043.htm (last access: 10 December 2014). N: 1. 1801, from combination form of tonsil + -itis. Tonsil: c.1600, from Latin tonsillae, tosillae (plural) “tonsils,” diminutive of toles “goiter,” which is perhaps of Gaulish origin. -itis: noun suffix

GC: adj, n S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK361003/ (last access: 22 June 2024); EMA – https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/scientific-guideline/draft-guideline-quality-and-equivalence-topical-products_en.pdf (last access: 22 June 2024). N: 1. Adjective. 1580s, “of or pertaining to a place or a locality; geographically local;” see topic + –al (1). The specific medical sense “applied to a particular part of