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.
DICROTIC
Etymology
Adjective
dicrotic (not comparable)
(pulse) Having a double beat.
(physiology, medicine) Denoting a pulse in which a double beat is detectable for each beat of the heart.
Source: Wiktionary
Di*crot"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Physiol.) (a) Of or pertaining to dicrotism; as, a dicrotic pulse. (b) Of or pertaining to the second expansion of the artery in the dicrotic pulse; as, the dicrotic wave.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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