Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
ATRESIA
atresia
(noun) an abnormal condition in which a normal opening or tube in the body (as the urethra) is closed or absent
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
atresia (countable and uncountable, plural atresias)
(pathology) A condition in which a body orifice or passage in the body is abnormally closed or absent.
Anagrams
• Artesia, Astaire, aristae, asteria, ataries, erastai
Source: Wiktionary
A*tre"si*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Definition: Absence or closure of a natural passage or channel of the body; imperforation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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