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.
COLOSTOMY
colostomy
(noun) a surgical operation that creates an opening from the colon to the surface of the body to function as an anus
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
colostomy (plural colostomies)
An incision into the colon to allow for drainage.
The opening produced in such incision.
Source: Wiktionary
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