GC: n S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6120246 (last access: 20 March 2017); http://www.science-frontiers.com/cat-biol.htm (last access: 20 March 2017). N: 1. 1570s, “unevenness;” 1660s, “deviation from the common rule,” from Latin anomalia, from Greek anomalia “inequality,” noun of quality from anomalos “uneven, irregular,” from an- “not” + homalos “even,” from homos “same,”

GC: n S: SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/anopheles (last access: 15 August 2024); PAHO – https://www3.paho.org/hq/dmdocuments/2012/2012-Training-manual-malaria-entomology.pdf (last access: 15 August 2024). N: 1. anopheline (adj & n). The earliest known use of the word anopheline is in the 1910s. OED’s earliest evidence for anopheline is from 1915, in Indian Journal of Medical

GC: n S: NCBI – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19857855 (last access: 30 July 2016); http://www.vetico.com.au/article/inappetence-loss-of-appetite-149 (last access: 30 July 2016). N: 1. 1590s, “lack of appetite,” Modern Latin, from Greek anorexia, from an-, privative prefix, “without” + orexis “appetite, desire,” from oregein “to desire, stretch out” (cognate with Latin regere “to keep straight,

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/commentaries/investing-in-adolescents/en/(last access: 30 July 2016); NHS – http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Anorexia-nervosa/Pages/Introduction.aspx (last access: 30 July 2016). N: 1. anorexia (n): 1590s, “lack of appetite,” Modern Latin, from Greek anorexia, from an-, privative prefix, “without” + orexis “appetite, desire,” from oregein “to desire, stretch out” (cognate with Latin regere

GC: n. S: NIDCD – https://goo.gl/TwwCeW (last access: 27 October 2016); MEDIC – https://goo.gl/TwwCeW (last access: 27 October 2016); Medscape – https://goo.gl/61zVU0 (last access: 17 October 2016). N: 1. Anosmia is the “loss of sense of smell,” 1881, modern latin, from greek an-, private prefix (an-) + osme “smell” (Doric

GC: n S: Penn – https://ento.psu.edu/outreach/extension/ipm/english/community/common-pest-species-of-ants (last access: 11 September 2024); UF – https://onlineentomology.ifas.ufl.edu/ant-anatomy-and-morphology-unlocking-the-secrets-of-ants/ (last access: 11 September 2024). N: 1. c. 1500 shortening of Middle English ampte (late 14c.), from Old English æmette “ant,” from West Germanic *emaitjon (source also of Old High German ameiza, German Ameise) from a

GC: n S: http://www.intropsych.com/ch06_memory/retrograde_and_anterograde_amnesia.html (last access: 29 August 2015); http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=10940 (last access: 29 August 2015). N: 1. Anterograde amnesia is the loss of the ability to create new memories, leading to a partial or complete inability to recall the recent past, even though long-term memories from before the event which

See Sierterm: https://sierterm.es/content/anthracite/?lang=en

GC: n S: PMC – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4386010/ (last access: 19 October 2017); JBYP – https://goo.gl/Gi3nM6 (last access: 19 October 2017). N: 1. From Latin anthrax (virulent ulcer), from Greek anthrax (charcoal, live coal, also carbuncle, which is of unknown origin) + -osis (a state of disease) from Latin -osis and directly

GC: n S: CDC – http://www.cdc.gov/anthrax/ (last access: 13 September 2015); WOAH – https://www.woah.org/fileadmin/Home/fr/Health_standards/tahm/3.01.01_ANTHRAX.pdf (last access: 19 November 2024). N: 1. late 14c., “any severe boil or carbuncle,” from Latin, from Greek anthrax “charcoal, live coal,” also “carbuncle,” of unknown origin. Specific sense of the malignant disease in sheep and

See Sierterm: https://sierterm.es/content/anthropocene/?lang=en

GC: n S: NCBI – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8383578/ (last access: 1 August 2021); ACSJ – https://acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/1097-0142%2819930301%2971%3A5%3C1741%3A%3AAID-CNCR2820710507%3E3.0.CO%3B2-Q (last access: 1 August 2021). N: 1. anti- +‎ aggregant. – Adjective. antiaggregant (comparative more antiaggregant, superlative most antiaggregant). Medicine: That prevents the aggregation of platelets; antiplatelet. – Noun. antiaggregant (plural antiaggregants). Medicine: Any drug that

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/antibiotic-resistance/en/ (last access: 24 November 2016); WebMD – https://goo.gl/Te2Q2j (last access: 21 November 2016); MN – https://goo.gl/ikWg4w (last access: 21 November 2016). N: 1. 1894, “destructive to micro-organisms,” from French antibiotique (c. 1889), from anti- “against” + biotique “of (microbial) life,” from Late Latin bioticus

GC: n S: https://www.news-medical.net/health/What-is-an-Antibody.aspx (last access: 23 October 2017); https://www.bio-rad-antibodies.com/immunoglobulin-antibody.html (last access: 23 October 2017). N: 1. “substance developed in blood as an antitoxin,” 1901, a hybrid formed from anti- “against” + body. Probably a translation of German Antikörper, condensed from a phrase such as anti-toxischer Körper “anti-toxic body” (1891).

GC: n S: TEX – http://www.texasheart.org/HIC/Topics/Meds/blodmeds.cfm (last access: 31 October 2014); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3654192/ (last access: 1 August 2021); NHS – https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/anticoagulants/ (last access: 1 August 2021). N: 1. adj. “that prevents or retards coagulation,” 1886, from anti– ((word-forming element meaning “against, opposed to, opposite of, instead,” from Old French

GC: n S: NHS – https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/talking-therapies-medicine-treatments/medicines-and-psychiatry/antidepressants/overview/ (last access: 8 March 2025); MEDLP – https://medlineplus.gov/antidepressants.html (last access: 8 March 2025). N: 1. “chemical used to treat symptoms of depression,” 1876, from “anti-” + “depressant”. 2. Also known as: antidepressant drug, psychic energizer. antidepressant, any member of a class of drugs prescribed

GC: n S: NHS – https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/antifungal-medicines/ (last access: 15 November 2018); Patient – https://goo.gl/SK3JtQ (last access: 15 November 2018). N: 1. From anti- (word-forming element of Greek origin meaning “against, opposed to, opposite of, instead,”) + fung- (from fungus, “a mushroom,” from Latin fungus “a mushroom, fungus;” used in English at first

GC: n S: EncBrit – http://global.britannica.com/technology/antipersonnel-mine (last access: 10 October 2015); The monitor – http://www.the-monitor.org/index.php/LM/The-Issues/Landmines (last access: 19 November 2013). N: 1. A mine designed to wound, kill or otherwise incapacitate personnel. 2. It may be detonated by the action of its victim. 3. anti-personnel mine; A pers mine: term,

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/hiv/topics/treatment/en/index.html (last access: 14 December 2013); http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1533218-overview (last access: 14 December 2013). N: 1. Standard antiretroviral therapy (ART) consists of the combination of at least three antiretroviral (ARV) drugs to maximally suppress the HIV virus and stop the progression of HIV disease. 2. Huge reductions

GC: n S: DOCK – https://bit.ly/3dZQhFs (last access: 27 October 2020); SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/nursing-and-health-professions/antisepsis (last access: 30 October 2020). N: 1. Composed of anti- “against” and sepsis “putrefaction” which orginates from Latin antisepsis, which originates from Greek roots. The first known use of antisepsis was in the year 1875. 2. The process of

GC: n S: HLN – https://www.healthline.com/health/anxiety (last access: 7 November 2020 ); NHS – https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/generalised-anxiety-disorder/ (last access: 7 November 2020). N: 1. 1520s, “apprehension caused by danger, misfortune, or error, uneasiness of mind respecting some uncertainty, a restless dread of some evil” from Latin anxietatem (nominative anxietas) “anguish, anxiety, solicitude,” noun

GC: n S: http://www.webmd.com/heart/picture-of-the-aorta (last access: 14 July 2015); http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2761381/ (last access: 14 July 2015). N: 1. 1570s, from Medieval Latin aorta, from Greek aorte, term applied by Aristotle to the great artery of the heart, literally “what is hung up,” from aeirein “to lift, heave, raise,” which is of

GC: n S: UNRIC – http://www.unric.org/en/nelson-mandela-day/26991-un-and-apartheid-from-1946-to-mandela-day- (last access: 12 December 2014); BBC – http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-25249520 (last access: 12 December 2014). N: 1. apartheid (n): 1947 (policy begun 1948), from Afrikaans apartheid (1929 in a South African socio-political context), literally “separateness,” from Dutch apart “separate” (from French àpart) + suffix -heid. “Segregation”

GC: n S: PASA – https://pasa.org/awareness/difference-between-monkeys-and-apes/ (last access: 5 October 2023); CGA – https://centerforgreatapes.org/about-apes/ (last access: 5 October 2023). N: 1. Old English apa (fem. ape) “an ape, a monkey,” from Proto-Germanic *apan (source also of Old Saxon apo, Old Norse api, Dutch aap, German affe), probably a borrowed word,