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.
COLLOIDS
Noun
colloids
plural of colloid
Source: Wiktionary
COLLOID
Col"loid, a. Etym: [Gr. -oid. Cf. Collodion.]
Definition: Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors.
Col"loid, n.
1. (Physiol. Chem.)
Definition: A substance (as albumin, gum, gelatin, etc.) which is of a gelatinous rather than a crystalline nature, and which diffuses itself through animal membranes or vegetable parchment more slowly than crystalloids do; -- opposed to crystalloid.
2. (Med.)
Definition: A gelatinous substance found in colloid degeneration and colloid cancer. Styptic colloid (Med.), a preparation of astringent and antiseptic substances with some colloid material, as collodion, for ready use.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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