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.
FIBRINOPEPTIDE
fibrinopeptide
(noun) peptide released from the amino end of fibrinogen by the action of thrombin to form fibrin during clotting of the blood
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fibrinopeptide (plural fibrinopeptides)
(protein) A polypeptide fragment, cleaved from fibrinogen by thrombin, that combines to form fibrin during blood-clotting
Source: Wiktionary
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