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.
DESMOID
Etymology
Adjective
desmoid (comparative more desmoid, superlative most desmoid)
Pertaining to a bundle.
(pathology) Fibrous; having closely interwoven fibres in bundles.
(medicine) Resembling, or having the characteristics of, a ligament or fibre; ligamentous, fibrous.
Noun
desmoid (plural desmoids)
A fibrous tumour.
Anagrams
• medoids
Source: Wiktionary
Des"moid, a. Etym: [Gr. desmo`s ligament + -oid.] (Anat.)
Definition: Resembling, or having the characteristics of, a ligament; ligamentous.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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