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.
BIOASSAY
bioassay, bio-assay
(noun) appraisal of the biological activity of a substance by testing its effect on an organism and comparing the result with some agreed standard
bioassay
(verb) subject to a bio-assay
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
bioassay (plural bioassays)
The analysis of the biological activity of a substance, with reference to a standard preparation, using a culture of living cells, or a living creature.
Verb
bioassay (third-person singular simple present bioassays, present participle bioassaying, simple past and past participle bioassayed)
To carry out such an analysis.
Source: Wiktionary
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