Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
ANOXEMIA
anoxemia
(noun) abnormally low oxygen content in arterial blood
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
anoxemia (usually uncountable, plural anoxemias)
Alternative spelling of anoxaemia
Source: Wiktionary
An`ox*æ"mi*a, An`ox*e"mi*a, n. [NL.; Gr. priv. + oxygen + Gr. blood.] (Med.)
Definition: An abnormal condition due to deficient aëration of the blood, as in balloon sickness, mountain sickness. -- An`ox*æ"mic, *e"mic (#), a.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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