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.
AUTOANTIBODY
autoantibody
(noun) an antibody acting against tissues of the organism that produces it
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
autoantibody (plural autoantibodies)
An antibody formed in response to an agent (autoantigen) produced by the organism itself
Source: Wiktionary
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