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.
FOMITE
fomite, vehicle
(noun) any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fomite (plural fomites)
(medicine) An inanimate object capable of carrying infectious agents (such as bacteria, viruses and parasites), and thus passively enabling their transmission between hosts.
Synonyms
• fomes (archaic)
Source: Wiktionary
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THEORETICAL
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