GC: n S: MAYO – https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/sunburn/symptoms-causes/syc-20355922 (last access: 5 March 2023); NHS – https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/sunburn/ (last access: 5 March 2023). N: 1. sunburn (n): From verb sunburn, 1520s, from “sun” (n.) + “burn” (v.). Sunburnt (c. 1400) is older than sunburned (c. 1500, sunne y-brent). As a noun from 1650s. 2.
GC: n S: NCBI – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK6880/ (last access: 1 September 2015); http://www.pdf.org/en/surgical_treatments (last access: 1 September 2015). N: – surgical (adj): From surgeon and -ical. First Known Use: 1770. Full Definition: of or relating to surgeons or surgery used in or in connection with surgery following or resulting from surgery
GC: n S: Oxford Academic – https://academic.oup.com/humrep/article/18/10/2196/622680?login=true (last access: 20 April 2021); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1733290/pdf/v026p00404.pdf (last access: 20 April 2021). N: 1. – surrogate (n): Early 15c., from Latin surrogatus, past participle of surrogare/subrogare “put in another’s place, substitute,” from assimilated form of sub “in the place of, under” +
GC: n S: http://www.sustainability.com/ (last access: 26th April 2013); http://www.epa.gov/sustainability/basicinfo.htm#sustainability (last access: 26th August 2014); UN – http://www.un.org/en/sustainablefuture/sustainability.shtml (last access: 26th August 2014). N: 1. sustainability (n.): 1907, in reference to a legal objection, from sustainable + -ity. General sense (in economics, agriculture, ecology) by 1972. Sustainability is defined as
GC: n S: http://www.sd-commission.org.uk/pages/what-is-sustainable-development.html (last access: 26 August 2014); https://www.iisd.org/sd/ (last access: 19 June 2015). N: 1. Sustainable development is an approach to economic planning that attempts to foster economic growth while preserving the quality of the environment for future generations. 2. “Sustainable development is development that meets the needs
GC: n S: ISE – http://www.easternct.edu/sustainenergy/ (last access: 7 December 2013); EUSEW – http://www.eusew.eu/ (last access: 7 December 2013). N: 1. Sustainable energy is about meeting current energy needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their economic, social and environmental needs. 2. Energy is central to sustainable
GC: n S: NCBI – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2597750/ (last access: 20 November 2014); UWH – http://www.uwhealth.org/voice-swallow/swallowing-treatments/26132 (last access: 20 November 2014). N: 1. From swallow (v), old english swelgan “swallow, imbibe, absorb”, from Proto-Germanic swelgan/swelhan (cognates: old saxon farswelgan. Probably from Proto-Indo-European root swel- “to eat, drink”. 2. the taking in of
GC: S: WHO – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs330/en/ (last access: 29 April 2016); http://www.cdc.gov/zika/symptoms/ (last access: 29 April 2016). N: 1. 1540s, re-Latinized from sinthoma (late 14c.), from Medieval Latin sinthoma “symptom of a disease,” altered from Late Latin symptoma, from Greek symptoma “a happening, accident, disease,” from stem of sympiptein “to befall,
GC: n S: NATURE – http://www.nature.com/news/infectious-disease-tough-choices-to-reduce-ebola-transmission-1.16298 (last access: 21 November 2014); DORLAND p. 1817. N: 1. From medical Latin symptomatologia, from symptomat-, stem of symptoma (see symptom) + -logia (see -logy). Related: Symptomatological. 2. Two meanings: The branch of medicine that deals with symptoms; the systematic discussion of symptoms. The
GC: n S: NHS – https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/syncope (last access: 24 June 2023); Yale – https://www.yalemedicine.org/conditions/syncope (last access: 24 June 2023). N: 1. 1520s, “contraction of a word by omission of middle sounds or letters,” from Latin syncope “contraction of a word by elision,” from Greek synkope “contraction of a word,” originally
GC: n S: MedicineNet.com – http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=5613 (last access: 9 November 2016); SYND – http://syndrome.org/ (last access: 11 June 2015). N: 1. “a number of symptoms occurring together,” 1540s, from medical Latin, from Greek syndrome “concurrence of symptoms, concourse of people,” from syndromos “place where several roads meet,” literally “a running
GC: n S: http://www.aids.gov.br/en/noticia/2013/ministry-health-launches-campaign-combat-syphilis (last access: 29 August 2014); DORLAND p. 1857. N: 1. infectious venereal disease, 1718, Modern Latin, originally from the title of a poem, Syphilis, sive Morbus Gallicus “Syphilis, or the French Disease,” published in 1530, by Veronese doctor Girolamo Fracastoro (1483-1553), which tells the tale of
GC: n S: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/332244-overview (last access: 17 July 2015); http://www.healthline.com/health/systemic-lupus-erythematosus#Overview1 (last access: 17 July 2015). N: 1. systemic (adj): 1803, irregularly formed from system + -ic; used in medicine and biology for differentiation of meaning from systematic. Related: Systemically. lupus (n): late 14c., used of several diseases that cause ulcerations
GC: n S: WHO – https://bit.ly/2Qa2fmE (last access: 21 November 2018); NCBI – https://bit.ly/2OVnMLa (last access: 21 November 2018). N: 1. “rapid heartbeat,” 1868, Modern Latin, coined 1867 by German-born physician Hermann Lebert (1813-1878) from tachy- “swift” + Latinized form of Greek kardia “heart,” from PIE root *kerd- “heart.” 2.
GC: S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1769710/ (last access: 23 December 2019); Medscape – https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/332378-overview (last access: 23 December 2019). N: 1. – Takayasu (pn): Mikito Takayasu (高安 右人 Takayasu Mikito, September 4, 1860 – November 20, 1938) was a Japanese ophthalmologist known for his discovery of Takayasu’s arteritis. – arteritis (n):
GC: n S: http://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/takotsubo-cardiomyopathy-broken-heart-syndrome (last access: 23 June 2017); http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1513631-overview (last access: 23 June 2017). N: 1. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy was first reported in Japan in 1990. The word ’Takotsubo’ means ‘octopus pot’ in Japanese, as the left ventricle of the heart changes into a similar shape as the pot –
GC: n S: UN – http://www.un.org/News/dh/latest/afghan/un-afghan-history.shtml (last access: 11 December 2014); BBC – http://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-11451718 (last access: 16 December 2014). N: 1. Taliban (n): Sunni fundamentalist movement begun in Afghanistan, from Pashto plural of Arabic tālib “student;” so called because it originated among students in Pakistani religious schools. 2. Originally, “taliban,”
GG: n S: FAO – http://www.fao.org/docrep/x5624e/x5624e04.htm (last access: 7 November 2013); GDT; TERMIUMPLUS; IATE. N: 1. Ordinary water from a faucet or tap used domestically and that has not been distilled or purified. 2. According to FAO’s website and WHO’s website, piped water is used as a synonym for tap
GC: n S: http://callape.com/issue/may-2014/article/understanding-the-differences-between-asphalt-and-refined-coal-tar (last access: 7 February 2016); http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Tar (last access: 7 February 2016). N: 1. tar (n.1): a viscous liquid, Old English teoru, teru “tar, bitumen, resin, gum,” literally “the pitch of (certain kinds of) trees,” from Proto-Germanic *terwo- (cognates: Old Norse tjara, Old Frisian tera, Middle Dutch
GC: n S: EJ – https://www.embopress.org/doi/abs/10.1002/j.1460-2075.1994.tb06341.x (last access: 19 November 2020); ASM – https://jvi.asm.org/content/78/23/12800.short (last access: 19 November 2020). N: 1. c. 1300, “shield,” diminutive of late Old English targe, from Old French targe “light shield” (12c.), from Frankish *targa “shield,” from Proto-Germanic *targ- (source also of Old High German zarga “edging, border,” German zarge “border, edge, frame,” Old English targe, Old Norse targa “shield,
GC: n S: The Guardian – https://www.theguardian.com/money/2017/oct/21/rent-property-letting-agent-fees-government-ban (last access: 9 November 2017); The Telegraph – http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/landlord-guide/tenant-deposits-need-to-know/ (last access: 9 November 2017). N: 1. From Anglo-French tenaunt (late 13c.), Old French tenant “possessor; feudal tenant” (12c.), noun use of present participle of tenir “to hold,” from Latin tenere “hold, keep, grasp,”