In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ACHLORHYDRIA
achlorhydria
(noun) an abnormal deficiency or absence of free hydrochloric acid in the gastric juice; often associated with severe anemias and cancer of the stomach
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
achlorhydria (countable and uncountable, plural achlorhydrias)
(medicine) The absence of hydrochloric acid in the stomach
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