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.
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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DERMATOGLYPHICS
(noun) the study of the whorls and loops and arches in the fingertips and on the palms of the hand and the soles of the feet; “some criminologists specialize in dermatoglyphics”
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