In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
BECLAMOR
Etymology
Verb
beclamor (third-person singular simple present beclamors, present participle beclamoring, simple past and past participle beclamored)
(transitive) To assail with clamor; to rail against.
Source: Wiktionary
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MEGACOLON
(noun) an abnormal enlargement of the colon; can be congenital (as in Hirschsprung’s disease) or acquired (as when children refuse to defecate)
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