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.
GASTRITIDES
Noun
gastritides
plural of gastritis
Source: Wiktionary
GASTRITIS
Gas*tri"tis, n. Etym: [NL., from. Gr. -itis.] (Med.)
Definition: Inflammation of the stomach, esp. of its mucuos membrane.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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