GC: n S: UNICEF – http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/haiti_66913.html (last access: 23 April 2013) N: 1. early 17th century: from French incapacité or late Latin incapacitas, from in- (expressing negation) + capacitas (see capacity). 2. Physical or mental inability to do something or to manage one’s affairs. Legal disqualification. 3. As nouns the
GC: n. S: JSTOR – https://www.jstor.org/stable/1593118?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents (last access: 28 October 2020 ); WHO – https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/263163/PMC2476236.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y (last access: 31 October 2020). N: 1. Early 15c., “incidental matter,” from Middle French incidence (15c.), from Late Latin incidentia, from incidere “to happen, befall”. Meaning “act of coming into contact with or affecting” is from 1650s. In physics, of
GC: n S: EJS – https://bit.ly/2Z0OXtX (last access: 14 July 2019); RESG – https://bit.ly/2SeVjmT (last access: 14 July 2019). N: 1. c. 1600, “act of making a part of,” from Latin inclusionem (nominative inclusio) “a shutting up, confinement,” noun of action from past participle stem of includere (see include). Meaning
GC: npl S: UNICEF – http://bit.do/ezHHz (last access: 12 March 2012); UN – http://bit.do/ezHHY (last access: 30 October 2018). N: 1. inequality (n.): early 15c., “difference of rank or dignity,” from Old French inequalité (14c.) and directly from Medieval Latin inaequalitas, from Latin inaequalis “unequal,” from in- “not, opposite of”
GC: n S: UNICEF – http://www.unicef.org.uk/BabyFriendly/News-and-Research/Research/Cholesterol-levels/Breastmilk-in-infancy-leads-to-reduced-cholesterol-levels-in-adolescence/ (last access: 4 September 2014); NAVARRO p. 503. N: 1. late 14c., from Anglo-French enfaunce and directly from Latin infantia “early childhood,” literally “inability to speak,” from infantem (see infant). 2. infancy (n.): the first part of a child’s life : the time in
GC: n S: UNICEF – http://www.unicef.org/nutrition/index_breastfeeding.html (last access: 4 September 2014); WHO – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs342/en/ (last access: 24 May 2017). N: 1. late 14c., “child during earliest period of life” (sometimes extended to age 7 and sometimes including a fetus), from Latin infantem (nominative infans) “young child, babe in arms,” noun
GC: n S: https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/_files_nhmrc/publications/attachments/n56_infant_feeding_guidelines.pdf (last access: 31 July 2015); WHO – http://www.who.int/nutrition/topics/infantfeeding_recommendation/en/ (last access: 31 July 2015), DTMe. N: Infant feeding practices including exclusive breastfeeding, the timely and appropriate introduction of complementary feeding to children around six completed months of age, and continued breastfeeding alongside other foods for children until
GC: n S: http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/maternalinfanthealth/infantmortality.htm (last access: 4 September 2014); https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2091rank.html (last access: 4 September 2014); NAVARRO p. 503. N: 1. infant (n/adj): late 14c., “child during earliest period of life” (sometimes extended to age 7 and sometimes including a fetus), from Latin infantem (nominative infans) “young child, babe in arms,”
GC: n S: NEA – http://cort.as/-Cr0e (last access: 9 December 2018); NCBI – https://bit.ly/2Uwc39Y (last access: 9 december 2018). N: 1. – infectious (adj): “catching, having the quality of spreading from person to person, communicable by infection,” 1540s of diseases, 1610s of emotions, actions, etc.; see infection (late 14c., “infectious
GC: n S: MedlinePlus – http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/infectiousmononucleosis.html (last access: 27 August 2014); DORLAND. N: 1. mononucleosis, formally infectious mononucleosis or glandular fever, infection in humans, caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), whose most common symptoms are fever, general malaise, and sore throat. The disease occurs predominantly in persons from 10 to
GC: n S: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-winship/influence-peddling-and-in_b_5590147.html (last access: 12 December 2014); http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp1415/LobbyingRules (last access: 14 December 2014); BBC – http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2131376.stm (last access: 14 December 2014). N: 1. influence (n): late 14c. An astrological term: “streaming ethereal power from the stars acting upon character or destiny of men”. From Old French: influence (emanation
GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/topics/influenza/en/ (last access: 28 February 2013); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2928832/ (last access: 15 May 2020). N: 1. 1743, borrowed during an outbreak of the disease in Europe, from Italian influenza “influenza, epidemic,” originally “visitation, influence (of the stars),” from Medieval Latin influentia (see influence). Used in
GC: n S: http://www.pitt.edu/~epi2670/severity/severity.pdf (last access: 28 February 2013); https://ubmm.med.buffalo.edu/uploads/DH22/Geriatric%20Falls_Injury%20Severity.pdf (last access: 5 August 2015). N: Paramedics dispatched to the scene of the injured or ill person by the ambulance services make an initial assessment of severity. However, even these skilled staff struggle to accurately categorise injury severity. A number
GC: n S: WHO – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11614328 (last access: 4 June 2015); DORLAND. N: 1. mid-15c. in horticulture; 1714 in pathology, from Latin inoculationem (nominative inoculatio) “an engrafting, budding,” noun of action from past participle stem of inoculare (see inoculate). 2. Process of producing immunity and method of vaccination that consists
GC: n S: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC546801/ (last access: 10 April 2016); http://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/352261/Use_of_a_heavy_inoculum_in_the_in_vitro_evaluation_of_the_anti_staphylococcal_activity_of_19_cephalosporins_ (last access: 10 April 2016). N: 1. New Latin, from Latin inoculare. 2. Material used for inoculation. 3. Cells used in an inoculation, such as cells added to start a culture. 4. A biological material (like a virus or toxin
GC: n S: http://www.harthosp.org/instituteofliving/adultservices/inpatientcare/default.aspx (last access: October 17 2012) N: S: SYN: S: CR: health care
GC: n S: https://goo.gl/KehRDr (last access: 8 July 2015); http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/20606308 (last access: 8 July 2015); NAVARRO p. 511. N: 1. unsanitary, insanitary: Each of these words, based on a Latin word for “health,” means “unhealthy,” “likely to cause disease.” Although unsanitary is heard more often than insanitary, the latter is
GC: n S: URMC – https://goo.gl/KDzbi6 (last access: 20 November 2018); NHS – https://bit.ly/2GvvTKx (last access: 26 November 2018). N: 1. “chronic inability to sleep,” 1620s, insomnie, from Latin insomnia “want of sleep, sleeplessness,” from insomnis “sleepless,” from in- “not” + somnus “sleep. Adjective: insomnious (affected with insomnia : SLEEPLESS).
GC: n S: ODIHPN – https://bit.ly/2yyiksk (last access: 26 October 2018); UNOCHA – https://bit.ly/2CGXvxu (last access: 26 October 2018). N: 1. 1610s, from French intégration and directly from Latin integrationem (nominative integratio) “renewal, restoration,” noun of action from past participle stem of integrare (see integrate). Anti-discrimination sense is recorded from
GC: n S: WHO – https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/330254/WH-1995-Sep-Oct-p18-19-eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y (last access: 25 June 2023); CDC – https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/developmentaldisabilities/facts-about-intellectual-disability.html (last access: 25 June 2023). N: 1. – intellectual (adj): late 14c., “grasped by the understanding” (rather than by the senses), from Old French intellectuel (13c.) and directly from Latin intellectualis “relating to the understanding,” from
GC: n S: WHO – https://bit.ly/2Lmhl7i (last access: 4 May 2019); NCBI – https://bit.ly/2vD7AHi (last access: 4 May 2019). N: 1. – intensive (adj): mid-15c., “intense, fervent, great,” from Old French intensif (14c.) and Medieval Latin intensivus, from Latin intens-, past participle stem of intendere “turn one’s attention; strain, stretch”.
GC: n S: HLS – http://goo.gl/DwML9i p. 473 (last access: 3 November 2016); Law.jrank – http://goo.gl/MEOcng (last access: 3 November 2016). N: 1. It dates back to the early 13th century and comes from the Old French entent, entente, meaning ‘goal’, ‘end’, ‘aim’, ‘purpose’, ‘attention’, ‘application’, and directly from Latin