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.
CURETTE
curette, curet
(noun) a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
curette (plural curettes)
A spoon-shaped surgical instrument for cleaning a diseased surface.
Verb
curette (third-person singular simple present curettes, present participle curetting, simple past and past participle curetted)
(transitive, medicine) To scrape with a curette.
Source: Wiktionary
Cu*rette" (k-rt"), n.Etym: [F., fr. curer to cleanse.] (Med.)
Definition: A scoop or ring with either a blunt or a cutting edge, for removing substances from the walls of a cavity, as from the eye, ear, or womb.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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