Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
CANKEROUS
cankerous, ulcerated, ulcerous
(adjective) having an ulcer or canker
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
cankerous (comparative more cankerous, superlative most cankerous)
Infected with canker; ulcerous.
Causing canker; ulcerating.
Source: Wiktionary
Can"ker*ous, a.
Definition: Affecting like a canker. "Canrerous shackles." Thomson. Misdeem it not a cankerous change. Wordsworth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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