GC: n S: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15990698 (last access: 27 July 2015); http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/ng/ep3/ep3_region.html (last access: 22 April 2013). N: 1. “bad general state of health,” 1540s, from Latinized form of Greek kakhexia “bad habits,” from kakos “bad” (see caco-) + -exia, related to exis “habit or state,” from exein “to have, be in

GC: n S: TheTimes – https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/full-of-beans-costa-coffee-has-more-caffeine-than-red-bull-fvc3m79ld (last access: 8 April 2020); TheGuardian – https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/17/is-drinking-coffee-safe-during-your-pregnancy-get-ready-for-some-nuance (last access: 8 April 2020). N: 1. 1830, from German Kaffein, coined by chemist F.F. Runge (1795-1867), apparently from German Kaffee “coffee”. So called because the alkaloid was found in coffee beans; its presence accounts for

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs297/en/ (last access: 1 March 2015); http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cancer.html (last access: 1 March 2015). N: 1. Old English cancer “spreading sore, cancer” (also canceradl), from Latin cancer “a crab,” later, “malignant tumor,” from Greek karkinos, which, like the Modern English word, has three meanings: crab, tumor, and

Cf. carcinogenic

GC: n S: JPGM – http://www.jpgmonline.com/article.asp?issn=0022-3859;year=1978;volume=24;issue=2;spage=68;epage=90;aulast=Kothari (last access: 20 September 2016); JofCanc – http://www.journalofcancerology.com/ (last access: 20 September 2016). N: 1. 1930s; earliest use found in American Speech. From cancer + -ology. Compare French cancérologie. 2. The study of cancerous tumors. 3. The term oncology literally means a branch of

GC: adj S: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130754101 (last access: 16 September 2016); http://www.medicinenet.com/image-collection/skin_cancer_picture/picture.htm (last access: 16 September 2016). N: 1. 1560s, from cancer (Old English cancer “spreading sore, cancer”, from Latin cancer “a crab,” later, “malignant tumor,” from Greek karkinos, which, like the Modern English word, has three meanings: crab, tumor, and the

GC: n S: WebMD – http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/candidiasis (last access: 31 December 2015); https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/candidiasis/ (last access: 31 December 2015). N: 1. From Candida albicans (from latin candidus, meaning “white” and from latin albicāns, meaning “white”), a polymorphic fungus, that is responsible for a number of infections + -iasis (medical Latin word-forming element

GC: adj S: https://www.learnthat.org/dictionary/5240_cankerous.html (last access: 22 September 2016); http://www.wordfocus.com/word/cankerous/ (last access: 22 September 2016). N: 1. 1535-45; canker + -ous. 2. cankerous ‎(comparative more cankerous, superlative most cankerous). Infected with canker; ulcerous. Causing canker; ulcerating. 3. canker (n): Middle English (denoting a tumour): from Old French chancre, from Latin

GC: n S: OMS – https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/cannabidiol-(compound-of-cannabis) (last access: 24 April 2020); Cochrane – https://www.cochrane.org/CD005175/HIV_medical-use-of-cannabis-in-patients-with-hivaids. (last access: 24 April 2020). N: 1. 1798, from Cannabis, Modern Latin plant genus named (1728), from Greek kannabis “hemp”, a Scythian or Thracian word. Also source of Armenian kanap’, Albanian kanep, Russian konoplja, Persian kanab,

GC: n S: NCBI – https://goo.gl/wLsLlg (last access: 18 November 2016); Psychnet – https://goo.gl/wWpxEN (last access: 18 November 2016); WNMDT – https://goo.gl/3ibwBt (last access: 18 November 2016). N: 1. Capgras (proper noun): From Joseph Capgras (1873-1950), the French psychiatrist who first described “Capgras syndrome”. syndrome (n): “a number of symptoms

GC: n S: HSPH – https://goo.gl/JVyDcg (last access: 7 December 2017); LSC – https://goo.gl/BpZVYL (last access: 7 December 2017). N: 1. From the word-forming element “carbo-” (before vowels carb-, meaning “carbon,” abstracted 1810 from carbon) and the noun “hydrate” (“compound of water and another chemical,” 1802, from French hydrate, coined

See SIERTERM: https://sierterm.es/content/carbon

carbon dioxide or CO2: See Sierterm: https://sierterm.es/content/carbon-dioxide/?lang=en

See SIERTERM: https://sierterm.es/content/carbon-footprint

carbon monoxide or CO. See Sierterm: https://sierterm.es/content/carbon-monoxide/?lang=en

GG: n S: http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/guide/carbuncles-causes-treatments (last access: 13 September 2015); https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000825.htm (last access: 13 September 2015); DORLAND p. 99. N: 1. early 13c., “fiery jewel,” from Old North French carbuncle (Old French charbocle, charboncle) “carbuncle-stone,” also “carbuncle, boil,” from Latin carbunculus “red gem,” also “red, inflamed spot,” literally “a little coal,”

GC: adj S: WHO – http://www.who.int/cancer/prevention/en/ (last access: 21 September 2016); http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2016/08/15/17-carcinogenic-foods-you-probably-eat-every-day/ (last access: 21 September 2016). N: 1. 1926, from carcinogen (“cancer-causing substance,” 1853, from carcinoma + -gen) + -ic (Middle English -ik, -ick, word-forming element making adjectives, “having to do with, having the nature of, being, made of,

GC: n S: http://www.webmd.com/cancer/what-is-carcinoma (last access: 1 March 2015); DORLAND pp. 290-293. N: 1. “malignant tumor,” 1721, from Latin carcinoma, from Greek karkinoma “a cancer,” from karkinos “cancer,” literally “crab” (see cancer) + -oma (word-forming element, from Greek -oma, with lengthened stem vowel + -ma, suffix forming neuter nouns and

GC: n S: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003419.htm (last access: 21 September 2015); http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/cardiac-catheterization (last access: 21 September 2015). N: 1. cardiac (adj): c. 1600, from French cardiaque (14c.) or directly from Latin cardiacus, from Greek kardiakos “pertaining to the heart,” from kardia “heart,” from PIE root *kerd- “heart”. Cardiac arrest is attested from

GC: adj S: http://www.starwest-botanicals.com/content/carminative_herbs.html (last access: 16 July 2016); http://www.healthy.net/scr/article.aspx?Id=1471 (last access: 16 July 2016). N: 1. early 15c., from Latin carminat- (past participle stem of carminare “to card,” from carmen, genitive carminis, “a card for wool or flax,” which is related to carrere “to card;” + -ive. As a

GC: n S: WHO – http://apps.who.int/rhl/newborn/reviews/cd000950/en/index.html (last access: 26 October 2016); NIH – https://goo.gl/ivVZry (last access: 21 October 2016 ); PMC – https://goo.gl/6MitLp (last access: 21 October 2016). N: 1. Its name is derived from the Latin carnus (flesh), as the compound was isolated from meat. 2. Substance that helps

GC: n S: CDC – https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson1/section10.html (last access: 15 May 2021); NHS – https://www.sath.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/C-diff-Carrier-Leaflet.pdf (last access: 15 May 2021). N: 1. late 14c., “one who or that which conveys,” agent noun from carry (v.). Meaning “person or animal that carries and disseminates infection without suffering obvious disease” is from 1899; genetic sense

GC: n S: DORLAND p. 302; MN – http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/hp.asp (last access: 29 November 2014); accessmedicine – http://www.accessmedicine.com/features.aspx N: 1. early 15c., castracioun, from Latin castrationem (nominative castratio), noun of action from past participle stem of castrare “to castrate, emasculate,” supposedly from a noun *castrum “knife, instrument that cuts,” from PIE

GC: n S: KH – https://bit.ly/2BebxG1 (last access: 17 November 2018); SD – https://bit.ly/2Q28WH7 (last access: 17 November 2018). N: 1. – CAT (acron): 1975, medical acronym for computerized axial tomography or something like it. Related: CAT scan. – scan (n): 1706, “close investigation,” from scan (v.). Meaning “act of