Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
CEPHALITIS
encephalitis, cephalitis, phrenitis
(noun) inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (‘phrenitis’ is no longer in scientific use)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cephalitis (uncountable)
(medicine) phrenitis
Source: Wiktionary
Ceph`a*li"tis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. -itis.] (Med.)
Definition: Same as Phrenitis.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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