GC: n S: NOAA – http://www.tsunami.noaa.gov/ (last access: 5 September 2014); Harvard – http://www.seismology.harvard.edu/research/tsunami.html (last access: 6 October 2024). N: 1. 1896, in reference to the one that struck Japan that year on June 15, from Japanese tsunami, from tsu “harbor” + nami “waves.” 2. A tsunami is a series

GC: n S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11424484 (last access: 13 May 2017); Mednet – http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=5860 (last access: 13 May 2017). N: 1. Japanese tsutsugamushi scrub typhus mite, from tsutsuga sickness + mushi insect. First Known Use: 1906 2. One of the five major groups of acute infectious rickettsial diseases affecting man,

GC: n S: WHO – https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/tuberculosis (last access: 24 June 2024); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK441916/ (last access: 3 March 2020). N: 1. 1860, “disease characterized by tubercules,” a medical Latin hybrid, from Latin tuberculum “small swelling, pimple,” diminutive of tuber “lump” (see tuber) + -osis, a suffix of Greek origin. So

GC: n S: WebMD – https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/what-is-tularemia (last access: 27 June 2024); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK430905/ (last access: 27 June 2024). N: 1. Acute infectious disease resembling plague, but much less severe. It was described in 1911 among ground squirrels in Tulare county, California (from which the name is derived), and was

GC: n S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10816510/ (last access: 27 June 2024); SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/immunology-and-microbiology/inflammation-response (last access: 27 June 2024). N: 1. early 15c., from Latin tumor “swelling, condition of being swollen, a tumor,” from tumere “to swell” (see tumid). 2. A swollen part; swelling; protuberance. An uncontrolled, abnormal, circumscribed growth

GC: n S: TSF – https://turnersyndromefoundation.org/what_is_turner_syndrome/ (last access: 15 December 2024); NIH – https://www.genome.gov/Genetic-Disorders/Turner-SyndromeSyndrome (last access: 15 December 2024). N: 1. Eponym created from the surname Turner. Henry Hubert Turner (1892-1970) was an American physician. – Turner (pn): Henry Hubert Turner (1892-1970) was a physician and researcher who studied hormones

GC: n S: NCBI – https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Turpentine_-Oil (last access: 15 February 2025); ECSA – https://ecsa-chemicals.ch/en/turpentine/ (last access: 15 February 2025). N: 1. early 14c., terbentyn, terebentine, “semi-liquid resin of the terebinth tree,” from Old French terebinte “turpentine” (13c.), from Latin terebintha resina “resin of the terebinth tree,” from Greek rhētinē terebinthē,

GC: n S: FAO – https://www.fao.org/4/t0244e/t0244e00.htm (last access: 18 October 2024); NatGeoK – https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/animals/sea-life/turtle-facts/ (last access: 18 October 2024). N: 1. “tortoise,” by mid-17c. (also tortel), originally “marine tortoise,” from a modification of French tortue, tortre (13c.) “turtle, tortoise” (often grouped with the diabolical beasts), a word of unknown origin.

GC: n S: WHO – https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/typhoid (last access: 14 April 2024); CDC – https://www.cdc.gov/typhoid-fever/index.html (last access: 14 April 2024). N: 1. 1800, literally “resembling typhus,” from typhus + -oid. The noun is from 1861, a shortened form of typhoid fever (1845), so called because it originally was thought to be

GC: n S: The Guardian – http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/mar/27/impact-communities-distribution-aid-typhoon-haiyan-philippines (last access: 4 July 2015); NatGeo – http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/11/131107-typhoons-pacific-natural-disasters/ (last access: 4 July 2015). N: 1. Tiphon “violent storm, whirlwind, tornado,” 1550s, from Greek typhon “whirlwind,” personified as a giant, father of the winds, perhaps from typhein “to smoke” (see typhus), but according to

GC: S: MedlinePlus – http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001363.htm (last access: 25 May 2014); Healthline – https://www.healthline.com/health/typhus (last access: 3 March 2020). N: 1. typhus (n.): acute infectious fever, usually accompanied by prostration, delirium, and small reddish spots, 1785, from medical Latin, from Greek typhos “stupor caused by fever,” literally “smoke,” from typhein “to