In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
ANAESTHESIA
anesthesia, anaesthesia
(noun) loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
anaesthesia (countable and uncountable, plural anaesthesias)
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of anesthesia
Source: Wiktionary
An`æs*the"si*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. anesthésie. See Æsthetics.] (Med.)
Definition: Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a state of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by the inhalation or application of an anæsthetic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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