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.
ANTIPERISTALTIC
Etymology
Adjective
antiperistaltic (not comparable)
(physiology) Of or relating to antiperistalsis.
(pharmaceutical effect) That blocks or stops peristalsis.
Noun
antiperistaltic (plural antiperistaltics)
A drug that blocks peristalsis.
Source: Wiktionary
An`ti*per`i*stal"tic, a. (Med.)
Definition: Opposed to, or checking motion; acting upward; -- applied to an inverted action of the intestinal tube.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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