GC: n S: BIOL – https://bit.ly/2TD8PRc (last access: 20 November 2018); MedicineNet.com – https://bit.ly/2Kp1hxi (last access: 20 November 2018). N: 1. From ubiquit(ous) + -in (‘pertaining to’). 2. Ubiquitin (originally, Ubiquitous Immunopoeitic Polypeptide) was first identified in 1975 as an 8.5 kDa protein of unknown function expressed universally in living
GC: n S: ICRC – https://www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/publications/icrc-002-4105.pdf (last access: 2 December 2014); http://kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/digestive/ulcers.html (last access: 5 December 2014). N: 1. From Vulgar Latin ulcerem, from Latin ulcus (genitive ulceris) “ulcer, a sore,” figuratively “painful subject,” from PIE elk-es- “wound”. 2. A local defect, or excavation, of the surface of an organ
GC: n S: http://www.simmermanlaw.com/newsletters-2/products-liability/ultrahazardous-activity-doctrine/ (last access: 16 July 2012); http://www.state.il.us/court/circuitcourt/civiljuryinstructions/115.00.pdf (last access: 2 September 2014). N: An action or process which is so inherently dangerous that the person or entity conducting the activity is “strictly liable” for any injury caused by the activity. Examples: working with high explosives or conducting
GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs377/en/ (lasst access: 11 November 2014); ACOG – http://www.acog.org/Resources-And-Publications/Committee-Opinions/Committee-on-Gynecologic-Practice/The-Role-of-Transvaginal-Ultrasonography-in-the-Evaluation-of-Postmenopausal-Bleeding (last access: 11 November 2014). N: 1. 1960, from ultra- + sonography 1956, from comb. form of Latin sonus + -gram. Related: Sonograph (1951). 2. Use of ultrasound to produce an image or photograph of an
GC: n S: HPS – http://hps.org/hpspublications/articles/uv.html (last access: 26 October 2013); http://uv.biospherical.com/student/page3.html (last access: 1 October 2015). N: 1. ultraviolet radiation, that portion of the electromagnetic spectrum extending from the violet, or short-wavelength, end of the visible light range to the X-ray region. Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is undetectable by the
GC: n S: The Telegraph – https://goo.gl/XpBgNW (last access: 9 November 2017); MTALES – https://bit.ly/2DhJk0P (last access: 9 November 2017). N: 1. Ulysses syndrome is an eponymous created from two words: Ulysses: the Latin form of the name Odysseus, the hero of Homer’s Greek epic poem The Odyssey. The Odyssey
GC: n S: The Guardian – https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2013/apr/09/umami-fifth-taste (last access: 24 December 2019); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4515277/ (last access: 24 December 2019). N: 1. First Known Use of umami as a noun: 1963. As an adjective: 1978. History and Etymology for umami as a noun: Japanese, savoriness, flavor. 2. Noun: The taste
GC: npl S: http://www.bu.edu/sustainability/umbrella-species/ (last access: 21 February 2016); http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/156765/ (last access: 21 February 2016). N: 1. umbrella (n): “hand-held portable canopy which opens and folds,” c. 1600, first attested in Donne’s letters, from Italian ombrello, from Late Latin umbrella, altered (by influence of umbra) from Latin umbella “sunshade, parasol,”
GC: n S: http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/issues/issues30/ (last access: 7.09.2015); http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1280.html (last access: 14 December 2013). N: 1. The underground economy involves economic transactions not measured by government statistics and ignoring government regulations and laws. The underground economy is also referred to as: ‘black market’ ‘shadow economy’, ‘parallel economy’. The underground Economy includes:
GC: n S: FAO – http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i1683e/i1683e02.pdf (last access: 12 December 2013); The World Bank – http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SN.ITK.DEFC.ZS (last access: 16 December 2013). N: 1. Undernourishment by region: The majority of the world’s undernourished people live in developing countries. Two-thirds live in just seven countries (Bangladesh, China, the Democratic Republic of the
GC: n S : UNICEF – http://www.unicef.org/french/media/files/Tracking_Progress_on_Child_and_Maternal_Nutrition_EN_110309.pdf (last access: 12 April 2013); UNICEF – http://www.unicef.org/progressforchildren/2006n4/index_undernutrition.html (last access: 2 September 2014). N: What is undernutrition? When individuals are undernourished, they can no longer maintain natural bodily capacities, such as growth, resisting infections and recovering from disease, learning and physical work, and
GC: adj, n S: UN – http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=40902 (last access: 12 April 2013); UNESCO – http://www.unescobkk.org/education/news/article/a-revolution-in-education-for-the-underprivileged/ (last access: 2 September 2014). N: 1. – underprivileged (adj.): 1896, from under + past participle of privilege (v.). Noun use (short for underprivileged persons) is attested from 1935. 2. having less money, education, etc.,
GC: n S: MAYO – https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/urinary-tract-infection/symptoms-causes/syc-20353447 (last access: 12 October 2022); WebMD – https://www.webmd.com/women/guide/your-guide-urinary-tract-infections (last access: 12 October 2022). N: 1. – urinary (adj): 1570s, from Modern Latin urinarius, from Latin urina (see urine). – tract (n): “area,” mid-15c., “period or lapse of time,” from Latin tractus “track, course, space,
GC: n S: MT – http://medicaltreasure.com/urobilinogen-in-urine/ (last access: 18 November 2016); LTR – http://testresult.org/en/tests-description/urinalysis/bilirubin-urobilinogen-in-urine (last access: 18 November 2016). N:1. 1753, from uro- (word-forming element meaning “urine,” from comb. form of Greek ouron “urine”) + -bilis (from Latin meaning “fluid secreted by the liver”) + the sufix -gen (from the
GC: n S: DWB – http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/ (last access: 21 October 2016); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1214562/ (last access: 21 October 2016). N: 1. 1753, from uro- (word-forming element meaning “urine,” from comb. form of Greek ouron “urine”) + -logy (word-forming element meaning “a speaking, discourse, treatise, doctrine, theory, science,” from Greek -logia
GC: n S: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/UseOfForceAndFirearms.aspx (last access: 29 July 2015); http://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/documents/UseofForcePolicyHandbook.pdf (last access: 2 September 2014). N: Public international law governs the relations between States themselves, or with and between international organizations. It helps maintain a viable international society. As far as armed conflict is concerned, a distinction is made between jus ad bellum or the law that outlaws war – essentially the UN Charter that prohibits the use of force in the relations between States, except in cases of self defence or collective security – and jus in bello or the law applicable in time of armed conflict. The latter does not make any judgement on the motives for resorting to force. S: https://www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/other/icrc_002_0943.pdf (last access: 29 July 2015) SYN: S: CR: military action,
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