In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
AUTOGRAFT
autograft, autoplasty
(noun) tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person; “skin from his thigh replaced the burned skin on his arms”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
autograft (plural autografts)
(surgery) The surgical transfer of tissue from one part of the body to another part.
Verb
autograft (third-person singular simple present autografts, present participle autografting, simple past and past participle autografted)
(transitive) To graft in this manner.
Source: Wiktionary
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