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.
EXANTHEMATA
EXANTHEMA
exanthem, exanthema, skin eruption
(noun) eruption on the skin occurring as a symptom of a disease
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
exanthemata
plural of exanthema
Source: Wiktionary
EXANTHEMA
Ex`an*the"ma, n.; pl. Exanthemata. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.exanthème.] (Med.)
Definition: An efflorescence or discoloration of the skin; an eruption or breaking out, as in measles, smallpox, scarlatina, and the like diseases; -- sometimes limited to eruptions attended with fever. Dunglison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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