Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
DIAZOTIZE
diazotize
(verb) convert (an amine) into a diazo compound
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
diazotize (third-person singular simple present diazotizes, present participle diazotizing, simple past and past participle diazotized)
(intransitive) To undergo diazotization.
Source: Wiktionary
Di*az"o*tize, v. t. (Chem.)
Definition: To subject to such reactions or processes that diazo compounds, or their derivatives, shall be produced by chemical exchange or substitution.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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