In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
FASTIGIUM
Etymology
Noun
fastigium (plural fastigia)
An apex or summit; culmination.
(architecture) A pediment or gable end.
(pathology) The most intense phase of a disease, especially a fever.
Source: Wiktionary
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PRESENTATION
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
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