GC: n S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6909900 (last access: 9 February 2018); MDLP – https://medlineplus.gov/alcoholismandalcoholabuse.html (last access: 9 February 2018). N: 1. “disease of alcohol addiction,” by 1882, from alcohol + -ism, or else from Modern Latin alcoholismus, coined in 1852 by Swedish professor of medicine Magnus Huss to mean what we

GC: n S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1172/ (last access: 20 March 2017); NIH – https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/alexander-disease (last access: 20 March 2017). N: 1. – Alexander (pn): Alexander disease is named after the physician who first described the condition in 1949 (WS Alexander) – disease (n): Early 14c., from Old French desaise (‘discomfort,

CG: nf S: https://www.allaboutcounseling.com/library/algophobia/ (last access: 26 October 2016); http://www.learning-org.com/00.09/0049.html (last access: 26 October 2016). N: 1. From Ancient Greek ἄλγος ‎(álgos, “pain”) and -φοβία ‎(-phobía, “fear”). 2. A morbid fear of pain. 3. Algophobia is considered to be a specific phobia, which is discussed on the home page. Algophobia

See micropsia

GC: adj S: UNESCO – http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0016/001615/161508e.pdf (last access: 30 October 2012); http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=6367988 (last access: 1st September 2014). N: 1. alienable (adj.): 1610s; see alien (adj.) + -able. Related: Alienability. unalienable (adj.): 1610s, from un- (1) “not” + alienable. Related: Unalienably. inalienable (adj.): 1640s, from in- (1) “not, opposite of” +

GC: n S: DHCS – https://bit.ly/2B9PVtI (last access: 11 April 2017); SHL – https://bit.ly/2BdAXD5 (last access: 11 April 2017). N: 1. “state of being alien,” 1753, from alien (1300, “strange, foreign,” from Old French alien “strange, foreign;” as a noun, “an alien, stranger, foreigner,” from Latin alienus “of or belonging

GC: n S: http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/asia/south-asia/afghanistan/062-afghanistan-the-problem-of-pashtun-alienation.aspx (last access: 22nd April 2013); http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tgf11 (last access: 1st September 2014). N: 1. “transfer of ownership,” late 14c., from Old French alienacion and directly from Latin alienationem (nominative alienatio) “a transfer, surrender,” noun of action from past participle stem of alienare (see alienate). It also meant

GC: adj S: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9822315 (last access: 1 January 2016); UNESCO – http://www.unesco.org/cpp/uk/projects/insecurity/sympol/emmanuelli.html (last access: 1 January 2016). N: 1. 1610s, from Medieval Latin alimentarius “pertaining to food,” from Latin alimentum “nourishment,” from alere “to nourish, rear, support, maintain,” from PIE root *al- “to grow, nourish” (see old). 2. Pertaining to

GC: n S: http://journals.usamvcluj.ro/index.php/agriculture/article/view/1603 (last access: 7 December 2015); http://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/302625/Alimentary_toxic_infections_ (last access: 7 December 2015). N: Alimentary toxic infection (ATI) are acute diseases with digestive manifestation in the large majority of cases as a result of consume of contaminated food with some microbial species and/or their toxins. S: http://journals.usamvcluj.ro/index.php/agriculture/article/view/1603 (last

GC: n S: NCBI – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=alkaloid (last access: 15 July 2020); SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemical-engineering/alkaloid (last access: 15 July 2020). N: 1. 1831, from “alkali” (q.v.) + “-oid”. “A general term applied to basic compounds of vegetable origin, bitter in taste, and having powerful effects on the animal system” [Flood], including

GC: n S: MSD – https://msdmnls.co/2FS1I4C (last access: 1 December 2018); HLN – https://goo.gl/JTQPgN (last access: 28 November 2018). N: 1. From noun “alkali” (late 14c., “soda ash,” from Medieval Latin alkali, from Arabic al-qaliy “the ashes, burnt ashes” -of saltwort, which abounds in soda due to growing in alkaline

GC: n S: http://www.cdt-babes.ro/servicii/allergology-clinical-immunology.php (last access: 26 September 2015); http://www.medicine.uct.ac.za/allergology-and-clinical-immunology (last access: 26 September 2015). N: 1. From “allergy” (German Allergie, from all- + Greek ergon work; first Known Use: 1910) and “-logy” (word-forming element meaning “a speaking, discourse, treatise, doctrine, theory, science,” from Greek -logia -often via French -logie

GC: n S: USDA – http://www.nutrition.gov (last access: 30 October 2014); DORLAND p. 50; EncBrit – http://global.britannica.com/science/allergy (last access: 26 September 2015). N: 1. 1911s, from German Allergie, coined 1906 by Austrian pediatrician Clemens E. von Pirquet (1874-1929) from Greek allos “other, different, strange” + ergon “activity”. 2. allergy, hypersensitivity

GC: n S: AAD – https://www.aad.org/public/diseases/hair-and-scalp-problems/hair-loss (last access: 15 November 2017); NHS – https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Hair-loss/ (last access: 15 November 2017). N: 1. Late Middle English: via Latin from Greek alōpekia, literally ‘fox mange’, from alōpēx ‘fox’. 2. An abnormal patchy or diffuse loss of hair, particularly scalp hair. 3. In diffuse

GC: n S: NIH – https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/alport-syndrome (last access: 3 June 2017); MEDLP – https://medlineplus.gov/spanish/ency/article/000504.htm (last access: 1 March 2018). N: 1. – Alport (pn): Arthur Cecil Alport was a South African physician (1880-1959). – syndrome (n): “A number of symptoms occurring together,” 1540s, from medical Latin, from Greek syndrome “concurrence

See amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

GC: n S: NHS – https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/altitude-sickness/ (last access: 30 October 2022); WebMD – https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/altitude-sickness (last access: 30 October 2022). N: 1. – altitude (n): late 14c., “elevation above the horizon” (of stars, planets), from Latin altitudinem (nominative altitudo) “height, altitude,” from altus “high” (literally “grown tall,” from PIE root *al-

GC: n S: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1800124 (last access: 16 July 2012); EncBrit. N: 1. altruism, in ethics, a theory of conduct that regards the good of others as the end of moral action. The term (French altruisme, derived from Latin alter, “other”) was coined in the 19th century by Auguste Comte, the

GC: n S: Alz.org – http://www.alz.org (last access: 21 November 2013), NIH – https://www.nia.nih.gov/alzheimers/publication/alzheimers-disease-fact-sheet (last access: 14 October 2015). N: 1. Alzheimer’s disease (n): senium præcox, 1912, the title of article by S.C. Fuller published in “Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases;” named for German neurologist Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915). The disease

GC: n S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7747049 (last access: 29 November 2019); NIH – http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000784.htm (last access: 29 July 2015). N: 1. G. amauros, dark, obscure, + -osis, condition. 2. Blindness, especially that occurring without apparent change in the eye itself, as from a brain lesion. 3. Differences between amaurosis and

GC: n S: NIH – http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001014.htm (last access: 5 November 2013); NIH – https://nei.nih.gov/health/amblyopia/ (last access: 18 March 2016). N: 1. 1706, “weakening of the eyesight,” medical Latin, from Greek amblyopia “dim-sightedness,” noun of action from amblys “dulled, blunt” + ops “eye” (see eye (n.)). Related: Amblyopic. 2. Amblyopia occurs

GC: n S: JCPSP – https://jcpsp.pk/archive/2011/Mar2011/14.pdf (last access: 20 April 2021); SPRINGER – https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00170-020-06077-0 (last access: 20 April 2021). N: 1. Ambu stands for “artificial manual breathing unit”. 2. An airway apparatus used to cover the patient’s nose and mouth and begin ventilating the lungs mechanically by squeezing a reservoir

GC: n S: http://www.rasmussen.edu/degrees/nursing/blog/what-is-ambulatory-care/ (last access: 15 May 2018); https://www.trusteemag.com/articles/1046-the-8-types-of-ambulatory-care-settings (last access: 15 May 2018). N: 1. – ambulatory (adj): 1620s, “pertaining to walking;” also “movable; shifting, not permanent,” from Latin ambulatorius “pertaining to a walker; movable,” from ambulator, agent noun from past participle stem of ambulare “to walk, go

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/ith/diseases/amoebiasis/en/ (last access: 24 October 2014); CDC – http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/amebiasis/ (last access: 24 October 2014). N: 1. Infection with or disease caused by amoebas (especially Entamoeba histolytica) 2. Posible variant chiefly in British: amoebiasis. 3. Transmission occurs via the faecal–oral route, either directly by person-to-person contact