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.
EUTROPHY
Etymology
Noun
eutrophy (countable and uncountable, plural eutrophies)
(medicine) healthy nutrition
(geography, of a body of water) The quality of being rich in minerals and nutrients.
Verb
eutrophy (third-person singular simple present eutrophies, present participle eutrophying, simple past and past participle eutrophied)
(ambitransitive, of a body of water) To make or become rich in minerals and nutrients, which often manifests itself in a green color.
Source: Wiktionary
Eu"tro*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)
Definition: Healthy nutrition; soundless as regards the nutritive functions.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HISTOLOGICALLY
(adverb) involving the use of histology or histological techniques; “histologically identifiable structures”
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