Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
ARTERIALIZATION
Etymology
Noun
arterialization (plural arterializations)
(physiology) The conversion of venous blood into arterial blood (by absorption of oxygen in the lungs)
Source: Wiktionary
Ar*te`ri*al*i*za"tion, n. (Physiol.)
Definition: The process of converting venous blood into arterial blood during its passage through the lungs, oxygen being absorbed and carbonic acid evolved; -- called also aëration and hematosis.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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