Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
CATACROTIC
Cat`a*crot"ic, a. [Cata- + Gr. a beating.] (Physiol.)
Definition: Designating, pertaining to, or characterized by, that form of pulse tracing, or sphygmogram, in which the descending portion of the curve is marked by secondary elevations due to two or more expansions of the artery in the same beat. -- Ca*tac"rotism (#), n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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