In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
AZOTEMIA
uremia, uraemia, azotemia, azotaemia
(noun) accumulation in the blood of nitrogenous waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
azotemia (countable and uncountable, plural azotemias)
(medicine) the accumulation in the blood of nitrogen-bearing waste products (such as urea) that are usually excreted in the urine
Synonyms
• uremia
Source: Wiktionary
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