The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
ACROTISM
Etymology
Noun
acrotism (uncountable)
(medicine) A lack or defect of the pulse.
Synonyms
• pulselessness
Anagrams
• Croatism, actorism, microsat, rotacism
Source: Wiktionary
Ac"ro*tism, n. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)
Definition: Lack or defect of pulsation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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POLYGENIC
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
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