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.
CYTOLYSIN
cytolysin
(noun) a substance that partly or completely destroys animal cells
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Etymology
Noun
cytolysin (plural cytolysins)
(biology) Any substance (especially an antibody) capable of breaking down the structure of a cell
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RAREFACTION
(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”
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