GC: n S: NCBI – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK6880/ (last access: 1 September 2015); http://www.pdf.org/en/surgical_treatments (last access: 1 September 2015). N: – surgical (adj): From surgeon and -ical. First Known Use: 1770. Full Definition: of or relating to surgeons or surgery used in or in connection with surgery following or resulting from surgery

GC: n S: Oxford Academic – https://academic.oup.com/humrep/article/18/10/2196/622680?login=true (last access: 20 April 2021); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1733290/pdf/v026p00404.pdf (last access: 20 April 2021). N: 1. – surrogate (n): Early 15c., from Latin surrogatus, past participle of surrogare/subrogare “put in another’s place, substitute,” from assimilated form of sub “in the place of, under” +

GC: n S: http://www.sustainability.com/ (last access: 26th April 2013); http://www.epa.gov/sustainability/basicinfo.htm#sustainability (last access: 26th August 2014); UN – http://www.un.org/en/sustainablefuture/sustainability.shtml (last access: 26th August 2014). N: 1. sustainability (n.): 1907, in reference to a legal objection, from sustainable + -ity. General sense (in economics, agriculture, ecology) by 1972. Sustainability is defined as

See Sierterm: https://sierterm.es/content/sustainable-agriculture

GC: n S: SDC – http://www.sd-commission.org.uk/pages/what-is-sustainable-development.html (last access: 26 August 2014); IISD – https://www.iisd.org/sd/ (last access: 19 June 2015). N: 1. Sustainable development is an approach to economic planning that attempts to foster economic growth while preserving the quality of the environment for future generations. 2. “Sustainable development is development that

GC: n S: ISE – http://www.easternct.edu/sustainenergy/ (last access: 7 December 2013); EUSEW – http://www.eusew.eu/ (last access: 7 December 2013). N: 1. Sustainable energy is about meeting current energy needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their economic, social and environmental needs. 2. Energy is central to sustainable

GC: n S: NCBI – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2597750/ (last access: 20 November 2014); UWH – http://www.uwhealth.org/voice-swallow/swallowing-treatments/26132 (last access: 20 November 2014). N: 1. From swallow (v), old english swelgan “swallow, imbibe, absorb”, from Proto-Germanic swelgan/swelhan (cognates: old saxon farswelgan. Probably from Proto-Indo-European root swel- “to eat, drink”. 2. the taking in of

GC: n S: MAYO – https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/swine-flu/symptoms-causes/syc-20378103 (last access: 19 October 2024); CDC – https://www.cdc.gov/swine-flu/about/influenza-in-swine.html (last access: 19 October 2024). N: 1. – swine (n): Old English swin “domestic pig, hog, sow; wild boar” (commonly used in a plural sense, of such animals collectively), from Proto-Germanic *sweina– (source also of Old

GC: S: WHO – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs330/en/ (last access: 29 April 2016); CDC – http://www.cdc.gov/zika/symptoms/ (last access: 29 April 2016). N: 1. 1540s, re-Latinized from sinthoma (late 14c.), from Medieval Latin sinthoma “symptom of a disease,” altered from Late Latin symptoma, from Greek symptoma “a happening, accident, disease,” from stem of sympiptein “to

GC: n S: NATURE – http://www.nature.com/news/infectious-disease-tough-choices-to-reduce-ebola-transmission-1.16298 (last access: 21 November 2014); DORLAND p. 1817. N: 1. From medical Latin symptomatologia, from symptomat-, stem of symptoma (see symptom) + -logia (see -logy). Related: Symptomatological. 2. Two meanings: The branch of medicine that deals with symptoms; the systematic discussion of symptoms. The

GC: n S: NHS – https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/syncope (last access: 24 June 2023); Yale – https://www.yalemedicine.org/conditions/syncope (last access: 24 June 2023). N: 1. 1520s, “contraction of a word by omission of middle sounds or letters,” from Latin syncope “contraction of a word by elision,” from Greek synkope “contraction of a word,” originally

GC: n S: MN – http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=5613 (last access: 9 November 2016); SYND – http://syndrome.org/ (last access: 11 June 2015). N: 1. “a number of symptoms occurring together,” 1540s, from medical Latin, from Greek syndrome “concurrence of symptoms, concourse of people,” from syndromos “place where several roads meet,” literally “a running

GC: n S: CDC – https://www.cdc.gov/std/treatment-guidelines/syphilis.htm (last access: 1 March 2025); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK534780/ (last access: 1 March 2025). N: 1. infectious venereal disease, 1718, Modern Latin, originally from the title of a poem, Syphilis, sive Morbus Gallicus “Syphilis, or the French Disease,” published in 1530, by Veronese doctor Girolamo

GC: n S: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/332244-overview (last access: 17 July 2015); http://www.healthline.com/health/systemic-lupus-erythematosus#Overview1 (last access: 17 July 2015). N: 1. systemic (adj): 1803, irregularly formed from system + -ic; used in medicine and biology for differentiation of meaning from systematic. Related: Systemically. lupus (n): late 14c., used of several diseases that cause ulcerations

tiger mosquito or Aedes albopictus. Please see Stegomyia albopicta.