Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
APOPHATIC
apophatic
(adjective) of or relating to the belief that God can be known to humans only in terms of what He is not (such as ‘God is unknowable’)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
apophatic (comparative more apophatic, superlative most apophatic)
(theology) Pertaining to knowledge of God obtained through negation rather than positive assertions.
Antonyms
• cataphatic
Source: Wiktionary
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ONCHOCERCIASIS
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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