GC: n S: MNT – http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/kc/serotonin-facts-232248 (last access: 11 November 2016); Healthline – http://www.healthline.com/health/healthy-sleep/foods-that-could-boost-your-serotonin (last access: 11 November 2016). N: 1.1948, coined from sero-, comb. form of serum (q.v.) + ton(ic) + chemical suffix -in. Chemical formula: C10H12N2O. 2. A chemical, 5-hydrozytryptamine (5-HT), present in blood platelets, the gastrointestinal tract,

GC: n S: EIGE (last access: 6 January 2026); EBSCO ((last access: 6 January 2026). N: 1. 1968; see “sexist” + “-ism”. Sex-discrimination is attested from 1916. Middle English, from Latin sexus. 2. Two meanings: prejudice or discrimination based on sex; especially: discrimination against women. behavior, conditions, or attitudes that foster

GC: n S: UNESCO – http://portal.unesco.org/es/ev.php-URL_ID=48368&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html (last access: 12 May 2013); APA – http://www.apa.org/topics/sexual-abuse/ (last access: 21 May 2015). N: 1. – sexual (adj): 1650s, “of or pertaining to the fact of being male or female,” from Late Latin sexualis “relating to sex,” from Latin sexus. Meaning “pertaining to copulation

GC: n S: UN – http://www.un.org/womenwatch/osagi/pdf/whatissh.pdf (last access: 10 July 2016); https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/sexual_harassment.cfm (last access: 10 July 2016). N: 1. sexual (adj): 1650s, “of or pertaining to the fact of being male or female,” from Late Latin sexualis “relating to sex,” from Latin sexus. Meaning “pertaining to copulation or generation” is

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GC: n S: WWWords – https://www.worldwidewords.org/tw-sha1.html (last access: 3 November 2024); OpenDemoc – https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/elysium-plastic-people/ (last access: 3 November 2024). N: 1. Used as a metonymy or synecdoche for “shanty house” in shanty towns. – shanty (n): “rough cabin,” 1820, from Canadian French chantier “lumberjack’s headquarters,” in French, “timberyard, dock,” from

GC: n S: BBC – http://bit.do/ezNSd (last access: 26 February 2013); RedcrossInt – http://bit.do/ezNSY (last access: 31 October 2018). N: 1. – shanty (adj): 1836, from shanty (“rough cabin,” 1820, from Canadian French chantier “lumberjack’s headquarters,” in French, “timberyard, dock,” from Old French chantier “gantry,” from Latin cantherius “rafter, frame”.

GC: n S: NCBI – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11595626 (last access: 2 December 2014), WHO – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs125/en/ (last access: 2 December 2014). N: 1. Shiga (Proper noun): Shiga Kiyoshi, (born Feb. 7, 1871, Sendai, Japan—died Jan. 25, 1957, Tokyo), Japanese bacteriologist, chiefly noted for his discovery (1897) of the dysentery bacillus Shigella, which

GC: n S: CNN – http://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/05/europe/mediterranean-migrants-shipwreck/ (last access: 9 October 2015); Shipwreck – http://shipwreck.net/pr195.php (last access: 31 January 2014). N: 1. mid-15c., from ship (n.) + wreck (n.). Earlier it meant “things cast up from a shipwreck” (c. 1100). The earlier word for “shipwreck” in the modern sense was Middle

GC: n S: The Guardian – http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/06/bae-shipyard-job-cuts-westminister (last access: 31 January 2014); BBC – https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-67458055 (last access: 12 June 2024). N: 1. shipyard (n.): c.1700, from ship (n.) + yard (n.1). – ship (n.): Old English scip “ship, boat,” from Proto-Germanic *skipam (cognates: Old Norse, Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Gothic

GC: n S: Britseafish – http://britishseafishing.co.uk/the-scarborough-reef-dispute/ (last access: 31 January 2014); Inquirer – https://globalnation.inquirer.net/238209/ph-has-every-right-to-ground-ships-in-sabina-analysts-say (last access: 12 June 2024). N: 1. shoal (n.1): “place of shallow water,” c.1300, from Old English schealde (adj.), from sceald “shallow,” from Proto-Germanic *skala- (cognates: Swedish skäll “thin;” Low German schol, Frisian skol “not deep”),

GC: n S: Komonews – http://www.komonews.com/weather/faq/4308002.html (last access: 15 July 2015); NWS – https://www.weather.gov/media/ajk/brochures/ConvectivevsStratiform.pdf (last access: 29 April 2025). N: 1. Old English scur “a short fall of rain, storm, tempest; fall of missiles or blows; struggle, commotion; breeze,” from Proto-Germanic *skuraz, from PIE root *kew-(e)ro- “north, north wind” (cognates:

GC: n S: NCBI – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/5186710/ (last access: 23 June 2024); CDC – https://www.cdc.gov/flu/treatment/caring-for-someone.htm (last access: 23 June 2024). N: 1. – sick (adj): Middle English sik, from Old English seoc “ill, unwell, diseased, feeble, weak; corrupt; sad, troubled, deeply affected by strong feeling,” from Proto-Germanic *seuka-, which is of

GC: n S: Mednet – http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=5489 (last access: 13 September 2015); NHS – http://www.nhs.uk/chq/pages/997.aspx?categoryid=73&subcategoryid=108 (last access: 13 September 2015). N: 1. Also side-effect, 1884, from side (adj.) + effect (n.). Medical use, with reference to drugs, is recorded from 1939. 2. A secondary and usually adverse effect (as of a

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs360/en/ (last access: 2 May 2017); NIH – https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/copd/signs (last access: 2 May 2017). N: 1. Early 13c., “gesture or motion of the hand,” especially one meant to communicate something, from Old French signe “sign, mark,” from Latin signum “identifying mark, token, indication, symbol; proof;

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GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/occupational_health/publications/airdust/en/ (last access: 12 July 2016); ILO –

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GC: n S: WHO – https://bit.ly/2FKBHEr (last access: 22 November 2018); BBC – https://bbc.in/2TV2iBy (last access: 22 November 2018). N: 1. “inflammation of the sinuses,” 1896; from “sinus” (“hollow curve or cavity in the body,” early 15c., from Medieval Latin sinus, from Latin sinus “bend, fold, curve, a bent surface;

GC: n S: NIH – https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/sjogren-syndrome (last access: 21 May 2017); Medscape – https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/332125-overview (last access: 4 April 2018). N: 1. – Sjögren (pn): Henrik Samuel Conrad Sjögren was a Swedish ophthalmologist (1899 – 1986). – syndrome (n): “A number of symptoms occurring together,” 1540s, from medical Latin, from Greek

GC: n S: UNICEF – http://www.unicef.org/protection/usa_39234.html (last access: 31 January 2016); ILO – http://ihscslnews.org/view_article.php?id=341 (last access: 31 January 2016). N: 1. late 13c., “person who is the chattel or property of another,” from Old French esclave (13c.), from Medieval Latin Sclavus “slave” (source also of Italian schiavo, French esclave, Spanish

See slavery

See slave

GC: n S: UN – http://www.un.org/en/events/slaveryabolitionday/ (last access: 31 January 2016); ILO – http://goo.gl/Nos58 (last access: 31 January 2016); EncBrit – http://www.britannica.com/topic/slavery-sociology (last access: 1.02.2016). N: 1. 1550s, “severe toil, hard work, drudgery;” from slave (v.) + -ery. Meaning “state of servitude” is from 1570s; meaning “keeping or holding of