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.
DERMATOME
dermatome
(noun) a surgical instrument used to cut very thin slices of skin
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
dermatome (plural dermatomes)
An instrument used surgically to remove a thin slice of skin for grafting
Etymology 2
Noun
dermatome (plural dermatomes)
An area of skin which is innervated by afferent nerve fibers coming to a single posterior spinal root
The cutis plate.
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BRIGHT
(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”
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