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.
ENALAPRIL
enalapril, Vasotec
(noun) an ACE inhibitor (trade name Vasotec) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidney and so results in vasodilation; administered after heart attacks
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
enalapril (uncountable)
An angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor used in the treatment of hypertension and some types of chronic heart failure.
Source: Wiktionary
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(noun) an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately; “HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language”
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