GC: n S: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~franzen/public_html/Poland/Poznan08a/Text/Ch6.pdf (last access: 11 December 2013); http://www.thebigger.com/chemistry/chemical-kinetics/define-photochemical-reactions-with-example/ (last access: 1 October 2015). N: 1. A chemical reaction initiated by the absorption of energy in the form of light. The consequence of molecules’ absorbing light is the creation of transient excited states whose chemical and physical properties differ
GC: n S: http://www.medicalteams.org/take-action/volunteer/disaster-response-volunteering (last access: 17 May 2016); https://www.racp.edu.au/about/what-is-a-physician (last access: 17 May 2016). N: 1. early 13c., fisicien “a healer, a medical practitioner,” from Old French fisiciien “physician, doctor, sage” (12c., Modern French physicien means “physicist”), from fisique “art of healing,” from Latin physica “natural science”. Distinguished from
GC: n S: Thoracic – https://goo.gl/6gWxId (last access: 14 December 2016 ); MedlinePlus – https://goo.gl/hxogtg (last access: 14 December 2016); ATSJ – https://goo.gl/gPB7vJ (last access: 14 December 2016). N: 1. Pickwickian syndrome is a disorder that was named after Joe, the fat, red faced boy in Charles Dickens’ The Pickwick
GC: n S: UN – http://www.un.org/depts/los/piracy/piracy.htm (last access: 23 February 2014); ICC – https://icc-ccs.org/piracy-reporting-centre/live-piracy-map (last access: 31 August 2015). N: 1. Early 15c., from Medieval Latin piratia, from Greek peirateia “piracy,” from peirates (see pirate (n.)). 2. The operative word in that definition is “lawfully”, as the international law of
GC: n S: UNESCO – http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=39397&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html (last access: 31 August 2015); OSU – https://ocio.osu.edu/itsecurity/buckeyesecure/copyright-and-piracy (last access: 31 August 2015). N: 1. Early 15c., from Medieval Latin piratia, from Greek peirateia “piracy,” from peirates (see pirate (n.)). 2. piracy (copyright crime), act of illegally reproducing or disseminating copyrighted material, such as
GC: n S : BBC – https://bbc.in/2TB1LED (last access: 7 February 2019); MarMus – https://bit.ly/2I06uOG (last access: 7 February 2019). N: 1. c.1300 (mid-13c. as a surname), from Latin pirata “sailor, corsair, sea robber” (source of Spanish, Italian pirata, Dutch piraat, German Pirat), literally “one who attacks (ships),” from Greek
GC: n S: EncBrit; TERMIUMPLUS; GDT. N: 1. pitch (n.) (n.2): “resinous substance, wood tar,” late 12c., pich, from Old English pic “pitch,” from a Germanic borrowing (Old Saxon and Old Frisian pik, Middle Dutch pik, Dutch pek, Old High German pek, German Pech, Old Norse bik) of Latin pix
GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs267/en/ (last access: 28 February 2016); CDC – http://www.cdc.gov/plague/ (last access: 12 November 2013). N: 1. late 14c., plage, “affliction, calamity, evil, scourge;” early 15c., “malignant disease,” from Old French plage (14c.), from Late Latin plaga, used in Vulgate for “pestilence,” from Latin plaga “stroke,
GC: n S: NCBI – https://bit.ly/2B7UiVT (last access: 9 October 2019); URMC – https://bit.ly/2m0jbvT (last access: 9 October 2019). N: 1. 1895, formed in English from “plate” (mid-13c., “flat sheet of gold or silver,” also “flat, round coin,” from Old French plate “thin piece of metal” (late 12c.), from Medieval
GC: n S: MD – http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/120497-overview (last access: 7 May 2017); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3618840/ (last access: 20 March 2018). N: 1. – Plummer (pn): Henry S. Plummer (1874-1936) was graduated M.D. from North-Western University in 1898. He practiced with his father in Racine, Minnesota, for a period before he joined
GC: n S: MedlinePlus – http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000145.htm (last access: 27 August 2014); DORLAND. N: 1. c.1600, from Modern Latin, from Greek pneumonia “inflammation of the lungs,” from pneumon “lung,” altered (perhaps by influence of pnein “to breathe”) from pleumon “lung,” literally “floater,” probably cognate with Latin pulmo (see pulmonary), from PIE
GC: n S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK441885/ (last access: 17 August 2021); NHS – https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/patient-guide/leaflets/files/11653Ppneumothorax.pdf (last access: 17 August 2021). N: 1. 1821, from French pneumothorax (1803), coined by French physician Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (1774-1838) from Greek pneumon “lung”. 2. Pneumothorax is defined by the presence of air in the
GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/ipcs/poisons/en/ (last access: 21 June 2016); (last access: 21 June 2016); WHO – http://www.who.int/ipcs/poisons/info_products/en/ (last access: 21 June 2016); http://www.emedicinehealth.com/poisoning/article_em.htm (last access: 21 June 2016): N: 1. 1200-50; Middle English puisun < Old French < Latin pōtiōn- (stem of pōtiō) drink, potion, poisonous draught. 2.
GC: n S: WHO – https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/poliomyelitis (last access: 13 April 2024); CDC – https://www.cdc.gov/polio/what-is-polio/index.htm (last access: 13 April 2024). N: 1. 1874, also polio-myelitis, coined by German physician Adolph Kussmaul (1822-1902) from Greek polios “grey” (see fallow (adj.)) + myelos “marrow” + -itis “inflammation.” So called because the gray matter
GC: n S: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/68017955 (last access: 8 October 2015); EncBrit – http://global.britannica.com/science/poliovirus (last access: 8 October 2015). N: 1. the causative agent of poliomyelitis, separable, on the basis of specificity of neutralizing antibody, into three serotypes designated types 1, 2, and 3.po´lioviral. 2. Poliovirus is often transmitted from person-to-person through
GC: n S: http://www.sais-jhu.edu/cmtoolkit/issues-in-practice/humanitarian-aid/dilemmas-political.htm (last access: 16 July 2012); http://www.co.portage.wi.us/groundwater/action/pol.htm (last access: 1 September 2014). N: 1. – political (adj): 1550s, “pertaining to a polity, civil affairs, or government;” from Latin politicus “of citizens or the state” + -al. Meaning “taking sides in party politics” (usually pejorative) is from 1749.
GC: n S: http://www.healthline.com/health/polyps (last access: 5 August 2017); WebMD – http://www.webmd.com/colorectal-cancer/tc/colon-polyps-treatment-overview (last access: 5 August 2017). N: 1. c. 1400, “nasal tumor,” from Middle French polype and directly from Latin polypus “cuttlefish,” also “nasal tumor,” from Greek (Doric, Aeolic) polypos “octopus, cuttlefish,” from polys “many” (from PIE root *pele-
GC: n S: CDC – https://www.shorturl.at/owAEK (last access: 4 September 2014); EUROSTAT – https://www.shorturl.at/hstS2 (last access: 6 October 2014). N: 1. – population (n): 1610s, from Late Latin populationem (nominative populatio) “a people; a multitude,” as if from Latin populus “a people”. Population explosion is first attested 1953. – at
GC: n S: NatGeo – https://on.natgeo.com/2IJNkeU (last access: 1 July 2019); NOAA – https://bit.ly/2JQ69eq (last access: 1 July 2019). N: 1. – Portuguese (adj): 1610s as a noun, the language, or a resident, of Portugal; 1660s as an adjective, from Portuguese Portuguez (see Portugal + -ese). The ending was vulgarly
GC: n S: http://pharmafactz.com/what-is-pharmacology/ (last access: 29 June 2017); http://www.ema.europa.eu/docs/en_GB/document_library/Presentation/2013/01/WC500137015.pdf (last access: 29 June 2017). N: 1. 1805–15; < Greek póso(s) how much + -logy. The branch of pharmacology dealing with the determination of dosage. 2. A branch of medical science concerned with dosage. 3. As nouns the difference between
GC: n S: RG – https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Berthold-Gersons/publication/21672880_Post-traumatic_stress_disorder_The_history_of_a_recent_concept_British_Journal_of_Psychiatry_161_742-748/links/5cd680fb299bf14d9589cadc/Post-traumatic-stress-disorder-The-history-of-a-recent-concept-British-Journal-of-Psychiatry-161-742-748.pdf (last access: 20 April 2021); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3182008/ (last access: 20 April 2021). N: 1. – post-: Word-forming element meaning “after,” from Latin post “behind, after, afterward,” from *pos-ti (source also of Arcadian pos, Doric poti “toward, to, near, close by;” Old Church Slavonic