Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
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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PRESCRIPTIVE
(adjective) pertaining to giving directives or rules; “prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage”
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