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GC: n S: WebMD – http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/narcissistic-personality-disorder#1 (last access: 1 July 2017); HLN – https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/am-i-dating-a-narcissist (last access: 29 November 2019). N: 1. – narcissistic (adj): 1912, see narcissism + -istic. Sometimes erroneously as narcistic. Related: Narcissistically. Narcissism: 1905, from German Narzissismus, coined 1899 (in «Die sexuellen Perversitäten«), by German psychiatrist Paul

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/vaccine_safety/committee/topics/influenza/pandemic/h1n1_safety_assessing/Dec-2015/en/ (last access: 10 November 2016); NIH – http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/narcolepsy/detail_narcolepsy.htm (last access: 10 November 2016). N: 1. Narcolepsy comes from French narcolepsie, which was first used by French physician Jean-Baptiste Edouard Gelineau in 1880. This French word came from a combination of Greek narke, meaning stupor

GC: n S: TRS – https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rspb.1932.0078 (last access: 14 July 2020); NIH – https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/abs/10.1289/ehp.9087207 (last access: 14 July 2020). N: 1. 1690s, «state of unconsciousness caused by a narcotic,» Modern Latin, from Greek narkōsis, from narkoun «to benumb» (see narcotic (n.)). 2.  State of stupor, unconsciousness, or arrested activity produced by the influence of narcotics or

GC: n S: NCBI – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/13691745/; SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0024320575900818 (last access: 2 July 2020). N: 1. As a noun, late 14c., narcotik, «substance which directly induces sleep or allays sensibility and blunts the senses,» from Old French narcotique (early 14c.), noun use of adjective, and directly from Medieval Latin narcoticum, from Greek narkōtikon, neuter of narkōtikos «making

GC: n S: BJA – https://www.bjanaesthesia.org.uk/article/S0007-0912(17)51838-3/pdf (last access: 5 July 2020); UofMhealth – https://www.uofmhealth.org/health-library/d03436a1 (last access: 5 July 2020). N: 1. As a noun, late 14c., narcotik, «substance which directly induces sleep or allays sensibility and blunts the senses,» from Old French narcotique (early 14c.), noun use of adjective, and directly from Medieval

CG: n S: UNICEF – https://www.unicef.org/pon96/coname.htm (last access 8.11.2018); AI – https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/01/bahrain-government-expels-citizens-after-having-revoked-their-nationality/ (last access 8.11.2018). N: 1. 1690s, «national quality,» from national + -ity (in some usages perhaps from French nationalité. As «fact of belonging to or being a citizen of a particular state,» from 1828, gradually shading into «race,

GC: n S: http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/ (last access: 13 October 2012); http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/earth/natural_disasters (last access: 2 September 2014). N: The definition of natural disasters is any catastrophic event that is caused by nature or the natural processes of the earth. The severity of a disaster is measured in lives lost, economic loss, and

See SIERTERM: https://sierterm.es/content/natural-gas

GC: n S: TAG – https://goo.gl/AahnnW (last access: 1 November 2017); NHS – https://lc.cx/NvDX (last access: 1 November 2017). N: 1. Since the early 15{SUP()}th{SUP} Century, from Latin nausea «seasickness», from Ionic Greek “nausea” (“Attic nautia”) which means «seasickness”, “disgust,» literally «ship-sickness» from naus, «ship». Despite its etymology, the word

GC: n S: CC – https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23959-necrosis (last access: 8 March 2025); MEDLP – https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002266.htm (last access: 8 March 2025). N: 1. «death of bodily tissue,» 1660s, from Latinized form of Greek nekrosis «a becoming dead, state of death,» from nekroun «make dead,» from nekros «dead body» (from PIE root *nek-

GC: n S: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/IRFFI/Resources/Joint+Needs+Assessment.pdf (last access: 22 April 2013); http://www.dpi.state.nd.us/grants/needs.pdf (last access: 2 September 2014). N: Systematic process to acquire an accurate, thorough picture of the strengths and weaknesses of a school community that can be used in response to the academic needs of all students for improving student achievement

GC: n S: http://www.refugeesinternational.org/policy/field-report/rohingya-bangladesh-maintaining-status-quo-squandering-rare-opportunity (last access: 25 April 2013); http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21455675 (last access: 2 September 2014). N: Urban slums, just as refugee communities, constitute a settlement structure that is proven to foster a distinct set of health problems. One billion people are currently estimated to live in slum communities, causing this

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/neglected_diseases/en/ (29.11.2013); CDC – http://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/ntd/ (last access: 5 November 2013). N: 1. Neglected tropical diseases (NTD) are a group of infectious diseases that are the source of tremendous suffering because of their disfiguring, debilitating, and sometimes deadly impact. 2. They are called neglected because they

GC: npl S: The Guardian – http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/oct/28/strong-consensus-that-neonicotinoids-harm-bees-analysis-shows (last access: 4 February 2016); ScTimes – http://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/8086/20160107/neonicotinoids-found-harmful-honeybees.htm (last access: 4 February 2016). N: 1. neo- +‎ nicotinoid (neo- +‎ nicotine +‎ -oid). First Known Use of neonicotinoid: 1993. 2. neonicotinoid (n): Any of a class of broad-spectrum insecticides having a chemical structure

GC: n S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1783713/ (last access: 27 June 2024); SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780128027615000043 (last access: 27 June 2024). N: 1. 1868, from neo- (word-forming element meaning «new, recent,» used in a seemingly endless number of adjectives and nouns, mostly coined since c. 1880, from Greek neo-, comb. form of

GC: adj S: MSKCC – https://www.mskcc.org/event/pathology-neoplastic-diseases (last access: 22 September 2016); Medscape – http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/779872-overview (last access: 22 September 2016). N: 1. From neo- (Greek, neos, new) + -plastic (plassein, to mold), after neoplasm; Pertaining to malignancy, neoplasm. International Scientific Vocabulary. First Known Use: 1871. of, relating to, or constituting a

GC: adj S: GB – https://books.google.fr/books?isbn=1455740470 (last access: 23 September 2016); SciELO – http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbcp/v27n2/en_09.pdf (last access: 29 September 2016); Tricare – http://manuals.tricare.osd.mil/DisplayManualPdfFile/TS08/14/ChangeOnly/TP08/C4S2_1.PDF (last access: 29 September 2016). N: From neo (Greek, neos, new) and plastic (Greek, plassein, to mold; plastikos, tending to build up tissues or to restore a lost part).

GC: n S: http://www.wikidiff.com/neoplastic/neoplasty (last access: 23 September 2016); http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4858376 (last access: 23 September 2016). N: 1. Greek, neos, new, plassein, to mold. A plastic surgery procedure to restore a part or add a new part. neoplastic, adj. 2. (Surgery) the surgical formation of new tissue structures or repair of

GC: n S: UCLA – http://nephrology.ucla.edu/ (last access: 10 February 2016); Wiley – http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291440-1797 (last access: 10 February 2016). N: 1. 1839, from nephro- (before vowels nephr-, word-forming element meaning «kidney, kidneys,» from nephro-, comb. form of Greek nephros «kidney») + -ology (word-forming element indicating «branch of knowledge, science,» now the

GC: n S: The Guardian (last access: 27 July 2025); WP (last access: 27 July 2025). N: 1. «favoritism shown to relatives, especially in appointment to high office,» 1660s, from French népotisme (1650s), from Italian nepotismo, from nepote «nephew,» from Latin nepotem (nominative nepos) «grandson, nephew» (see nephew). Originally, practice

GC: n S: SPRINGER – https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/1471-2296-10-58 (last access: 20 April 2021); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2283758/ (last access: 20 April 2021). N: 1. – nervous (adj): Late 14c., “containing nerves; affecting the sinews” (the latter sense now obsolete); from Latin nervosus “sinewy, vigorous,” from nervus “sinew, nerve”. The meaning “of or belonging

GC: n S: http://rad.usuhs.edu/rad/handouts/jsmirnio/AFIP%20Focus%20Neurofibromatosis%20RSNA%202007%20FINAL.pdf (last access: 30 July 2015); DORLAND; http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/neurofibromatosis (last access: 30 July 2015). N: 1. neurofibromatosis, either of two hereditary disorders characterized by distinctive skin lesions and by benign, progressively enlarging tumours of the nervous system. 2. Neurofibromatosis type 1, also known as von Recklinghausen’s disease, is

GC: n S: UN – https://documents.un.org/doc/undoc/gen/n14/704/05/pdf/n1470405.pdf?token=L9ZdYz2CmCcgkqJ9hz&fe=true (last access: 12 May 2024); UN – https://archive.unescwa.org/role-united-nations-promoting-new-global-human-order (last access: 12 May 2024). N: 1. – new (adj): Middle English neue, from Old English neowe, niowe, earlier niwe «made or established for the first time, fresh, recently made or grown; novel, unheard-of, different from