GC: n S: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wea.6080570409/pdf (last access: 15 July 2015); http://www.theweatherprediction.com/habyhints/117/ (last access: 15 July 2015). N: 1. “substance used to make a glossy coating,” 1784, from glaze (v.). In reference to a thin coating of ice from 1752. 2. A smooth compact deposit of ice, generally transparent, formed by the
GC: n S: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Sociology/Socialization (last access: 26 April 2013); http://iris.lib.neu.edu/law_pol_soc_diss/6/ (last access: 3 September 2014); https://globalsociology.pbworks.com/w/page/14711257/Socialization%20in%20Global%20Times (last access: 3 September 2014). N: 1. global (adj): 1670s, “spherical,” from globe + -al (1). Meaning “worldwide, universal, pertaining to the whole globe of the earth” is from 1892, from a sense development
GC: n S: UN – http://www.un.org/esa/coordination/globalization.htm (last access: 28 February 2013); EncBrit – http://global.britannica.com/topic/globalization (last access: 25 July 2015). N: The act or process of globalizing : the state of being globalized; especially : the development of an increasingly integrated global economy marked especially by free trade, free flow of
GC: n S: RUN – http://www.renalandurologynews.com/end-stage-renal-disease/glomerulonephritis-raises-end-stage-renal-disease-risk/article/514715/ (last access: 28 October 2016); NMN – http://www.news-medical.net/health/IgA-Nephropathy-Bergers-Disease.aspx (last access: 28 October 2016). N: 1. From glomerulus (from Late Latin, “small ball”) and nephritis (1570s, from Late Latin, from Greek nephritis “disease of the kidneys,” from nephros “kidney”) + -itis (“inflammation”). 2. Glomerulonephritis may
GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/trypanosomiasis_african/vector/en/ (last access: 8 August 2015); http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/19562202759.html;jsessionid=598DC04B8644EA609A324D27EF67ECC7 (last access: 8 August 2015); GDT. N: 1. tsetse: Any member of the genus Glossina. 2. Tsetse fly (genus Glossina) is any member of a genus of bloodsucking flies in the housefly family Muscidae (order Diptera), that occur
GC: n S: NYTimes – https://goo.gl/ku9Hgq (last access: 28 October 2016); http://religiousstudies.cofc.edu/documents/student%20related/Rockower2011.pdf (last access: 31 October 2016). N: 1. From Greek glōssa, “tongue,” and lalia, “talking”. 2. Speech which is profuse and often emotionally charged that mimics coherent speech but is usually unintelligible to the listener and that is uttered
GC: n S: YH – http://www.yourhormones.info/hormones/glucagon.aspx (last access: 3 November 2016); MEDLP – https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a682480.html (last access: 5 November 2016) N: 1. 1923, from gluco– + Greek agon, present participle of agein “to lead”. 2. Mayo clinic provides a second definition: Glucagon belongs to the group of medicines called hormones. It
GC: n S: MedicineNet.com – http://bit.do/eBW6J (last access: 29 November 2018); ANNFAMMED – http://bit.do/eBW6Y (last access: 29 November 2018). N: 1. 1520s, from Late Latin gonorrhoia, from Greek gonos “seed” + rhoe “flow,” from rhein “to flow” (from PIE root *sreu- “to flow”). Mucus discharge was mistaken for semen. In
GC: n S: http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/facts/gov.htm (last access: 26 February 2013); http://www.goodgovernance.org.au/about-good-governance/what-is-good-governance/ (last access: 3 September 2014). N: 1. Good governance is about the processes for making and implementing decisions. It’s not about making ‘correct’ decisions, but about the best possible process for making those decisions. 2. Good decision-making processes, and therefore
GC: n S: Business Dictionary – http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/property.html (last access: 5 November 2013); TERMIUM PLUS. N: 1. “property,” late 13c., from plural of good (n.), which had the same sense in Old English. Meaning “saleable commodities” is mid-15c.; colloquial sense of “stolen articles” is from 1900; hence figurative use, “evidence of
GC: n S: http://www.cdc.gov/arthritis/basics/gout.html (last access: 11 June 2015); DORLAND p. 799. N: 1. Middle English goute, from Anglo-French gute drop, gout, from Latin gutta drop First Known Use: 13th century. 2. A metabolic disease marked by a painful inflammation of the joints, deposits of urates in and around the
GC: n S: GlobHum – http://www.globalhumanitarianassistance.org/countryprofile/united-states (last access: 5 November 2015); GovUK – https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/humanitarian-emergencies (last access: 5 November 2015). N: 1. late 14c., “act of governing or ruling;” 1550s, “system by which a thing is governed” (especially a state), from Old French governement “control, direction, administration” (Modern French gouvernement), from governer
GC: n S: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26862821 (last access: 12 February 2016); http://biomed.brown.edu/Courses/BI108/BI108_2004_Groups/Group04/Rejection_overview.htm (last access: 12 February 2016). N: 1. “shoot inserted into another plant,” late 15c. alteration of Middle English graff (late 14c.), from Old French graife “grafting knife, carving tool; stylus, pen,” from Latin graphium “stylus,” from Greek grapheion “stylus,” from
GC: n S: THCO – https://bit.ly/2JISiIl (last access: 2 November 2019); Medscape – https://bit.ly/2PILzSu (last access: 2 November 2019). N: 1. Gram (pn): The discoverer of the stain was Hans Christian Joachim Gram, who was born in Denmark in 1853. – stain (n): 1560s, “act of staining,” from stain (v.).
GC: n S: WHO – https://bit.ly/2pDd8BU (last access: 2 November 2019); NIH – https://bit.ly/34l1ACf (last access: 2 November 2019). N: 1. Gram-negative (adj): gram-negative = not holding the purple dye when stained by Gram’s stain —used chiefly of bacteria. First Known Use of gram-negative: 1907. – bacterium (n): New Latin,
GC: n S: Medscape – https://wb.md/2qZdGT0 (last access: 2 November 2019); NCBI – https://bit.ly/33bnkQG (last access: 2 November 2019). N: 1. – Gram-positive (adj): gram-positive = holding the purple dye when stained by Gram’s stain —used chiefly of bacteria. First Known Use of gram-positive: 1907. – bacterium (n): New Latin,
GC: n S: http://www.marineinsight.com/marine-navigation/how-to-do-intentional-grounding-or-beaching-of-a-ship/ (8 July 2017); http://www.cruisingworld.com/how/what-do-when-you-run-aground (last access: 8 July 2017). N: 1. Origin of “ground”: before 900; (noun) Middle English grownd, grund, Old English grund; cognate with Dutch grond, German Grund; (verb) Middle English grundien, grownden “to set on a foundation, establish,” derivative of the noun. 2.