Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
ERGONOMICS
biotechnology, bioengineering, ergonomics
(noun) the branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ergonomics (uncountable)
The science of the design of equipment, especially so as to reduce operator fatigue, discomfort and injury. [from c. 1950.]
(economics, rare) Political economy.
Synonyms
• human factors (chiefly US)
Anagrams
• microgeons
Source: Wiktionary
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OBLIGATE
(adjective) restricted to a particular condition of life; “an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen”
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