Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
ASTHENIA
asthenia, astheny
(noun) an abnormal loss of strength
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
asthenia (countable and uncountable, plural asthenias)
(medicine) Weakness; loss of strength.
Source: Wiktionary
As`the*ni"a, As"the*ny, n. Etym: [NL. asthenia, Gr. (Med.)
Definition: Want or loss of strength; debility; diminution of the vital forces.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MOTIVE
(adjective) impelling to action; “it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function”- Arthur Pap; “motive pleas”; “motivating arguments”
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