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GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/medicines/areas/quality_safety/guide_on_pain/en/ (last access: 20 September 2015); WebMD – http://www.webmd.com/drugs/condition-3079-Pain.aspx (last access: 20 September 2015). N: 1. late 13c., “punishment,” especially for a crime; also “condition one feels when hurt, opposite of pleasure,” from Old French peine “difficulty, woe, suffering, punishment, Hell’s torments” (11c.), from Latin

GC: n S: http://www.getpalliativecare.org/ (last access: 28 February 2013); DTM p. 435. N: S: SYN: S: CR: primary care

GC: n S: PMC – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/ (last access: 5 December 2014); DORLAND p. 679. N: 1. From Greek, pan + kytos, cell, penia, poverty. 2. Pancytopenia is a relatively common hematological entity. It is a striking feature of many serious and life-threatening illnesses, ranging from simple drug-induced bone marrow hypoplasia,

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/frequently_asked_questions/pandemic/en/ (last access: 25 April 2013); Medicinenet – http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=4751 (last access: 9 September 2015). N: 1. 1660s, from Late Latin pandemus, from Greek pandemos “pertaining to all people; public, common,” from pan- “all” (see pan-) + demos “people” (see demotic). Modeled on epidemic. The noun is

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GC: n S: MAYO – https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/papaverine-oral-route/description/drg-20065323 (last access: 3 December 2024); NIH – https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Papaverine (last access: 3 December 2024). N: 1. International Scientific Vocabulary, from Latin papaver poppy. The first known use of papaverine was in 1848. 2. A crystalline alkaloid C20H21NO4 found in opium or made synthetically that is

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/vaccine_safety/initiative/tools/BCG_Vaccine_rates_information_sheet.pdf (last access: 13 November 2014); DORLAND. N:1. From Latin papula “pustule, pimple, swelling”, related: papular. 2. Area of abnormal skin tissue that is less than 1 centimeter around. A papule has distinct borders, and it can appear in a variety of shapes. Papules are

GC: n CT: Paraneoplastic syndromes may be the first or most prominent manifestation of a cancer. When a patient without a known cancer presents with one of the “typical” paraneoplastic syndromes, a diagnosis of cancer should be considered and investigated. Because of their protean manifestations, paraneoplastic syndromes should be managed

GC: n S: CDC – http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/ (last access: 10 May 2016); NCBI – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27726821/ (last access: 20 November 2024). N: 1. parasite (n): 1530s, “a hanger-on, a toady, person who lives on others,” from Middle French parasite (16c.) or directly from Latin parasitus “toady, sponger,” and directly from Greek parasitos

GC: n S: Springer – https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/1756-0500-6-449 (last access: 20 November 2024); SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0020729297028658 (last access: 20 November 2024). N: 1. The first known use of parasitosis was circa 1899. From “parasite” + “-osis” (Latin from Greek -ōsis from -ō-, -o-, ending of preceding verbal or substantive stem + -sis).

GC: n S: NIH – https://goo.gl/xnXDJs (last access: 21 November 2018); SDir – https://bit.ly/2r1Jgwf (last access: 24 November 2018). N: 1. 1835, paraesthesia also paresthesia (n), from para- (here “disordered”) + Greek aisthesis “perception, feeling” (from PIE root *au- “to perceive”) + abstract noun ending -ia. 2. Maybe you fell

GC: n S: PDF – http://www.pdf.org/en/index (last access: 28 November 2013); NIH – http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/parkinsons_disease/parkinsons_disease.htm (last access:12 December 2013); MEDLP – http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/parkinsonsdisease.html (last access: 12.12.2013). N: 1. Parkinson’s disease (eponym): form of paralysis, 1877, from French maladie de Parkinson (1876), named for English physician James Parkinson (1755-1824), who described it (1817)

GC: n S: Med – http://medicine.med.nyu.edu/conditions-we-treat/conditions/parotitis (last access: 1 September 2014); Medscape – http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/882461-clinical (last access: 10 October 2015). N: 1. Parotitis causes swelling in one or both of the parotid glands. These are two large salivary glands that are inside each cheek over the jaw in front of each

GC: n S: UNESCO – http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001585/158555e.pdf (last access: 30 October 2012); FAO – http://www.fao.org/docrep/006/ad424e/ad424e03.htm (last access: 12 October 2015). N: When talking about participatory approaches and methods today, we are not talking about a fashion or a vogue. We are discussing field-tested approaches developed on the basis of scientific evidence

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/biologicals/areas/vaccines/influenza/influenza_pathogens_disease/en/ (last access: 30 May 2016); BBC – http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/aqa_pre_2011/human/defendingagainstinfectionrev1.shtml (last access: 30 May 2016). N: 1. 1880, a back-formation from pathogenic. 2. A specific causative agent (as a bacterium or virus) of disease. 3. An agent (virus, micro-organism or other substance) capable of producing disease

GC: n S: CDC – http://www.flu.gov/about_the_flu/h5n1/ (last access: 30 May 2016); Patinf – http://patient.info/doctor/pathogenic-free-living-amoeba (last access: 30 May 2016). N: 1. “producing disease,” 1836, from French pathogénique, from Greek pathos “disease” + French -génique “producing”. Related: Pathogenetic (1838); pathogenicity. 2. Causing or capable of causing disease. 3. Some bacteria are

GC: n S: WHO – https://www.who.int/health-topics/patient-safety#tab=tab_1 (last access: 23 June 2024); CDC – https://www.cdc.gov/patient-safety/about/index.html (last access: 23 June 2024). N: 1. As an adjective. Mid-14c., paciente, “capable of enduring misfortune, suffering, etc., without complaint,” from Old French pacient and directly from Latin patientem “bearing, supporting, suffering, enduring, permitting” (see patience).

GC: n S: LearnWHR – https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1077801208331246 (last access: 12 November 2020); The Guardian – https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jun/22/the-age-of-patriarchy-how-an-unfashionable-idea-became-a-rallying-cry-for-feminism-today (last access: 12 November 2020). N: 1. 1560s, “ecclesiastical province under a patriarch; church government by patriarchs,” from Latinized form of Greek patriarkhia, from patriarkhēs “male chief or head of a family”. Meaning “system of society

See polymerase chain reaction.

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GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/emergencies/WHO_NHD_00.10/en/ (last access: 4 September 2014); https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000342.htm (last access: 4 September 2014); http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=4821 (last access: 4 September 2014). N: 1. chronic disease caused by dietary deficiency and characterized by skin eruptions, 1811, a hybrid formed from Latin pellis “skin” (see film (n.)) + Greek agra