In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
DIAPEDESIS
diapedesis
(noun) passage of blood cells (especially white blood cells) through intact capillary walls and into the surrounding tissue
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
diapedesis (countable and uncountable, plural diapedeses)
The migration of blood cells, especially leucocytes, through the intact walls of blood vessels into the surrounding tissue.
Source: Wiktionary
Di`a*pe*de"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Definition: The passage of the corpuscular elements of the blood from the blood vessels into the surrounding tissues, without rupture of the walls of the blood vessels.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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