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.
EMBOLIC
embolic
(adjective) of or relating to an embolism or embolus
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
embolic (comparative more embolic, superlative most embolic)
(pathology) Of or relating to an embolus or an embolism.
Source: Wiktionary
Em*bol"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. Embolism.]
1. Embolismic.
2. (Med.)
Definition: Pertaining to an embolism; produced by an embolism; as, an embolic abscess.
3. (Biol.)
Definition: Pushing or growing in; -- said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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