Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
ANTIPERISTALSIS
Etymology
Noun
antiperistalsis (usually uncountable, plural antiperistalses)
(physiology) reversed peristalsis
(physiology) peristalsis occurring in the opposite direction of the way it typically occurs
Source: Wiktionary
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6 January 2025
PREMATURELY
(adverb) (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; “the child was born prematurely”
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