In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
GASTRITIS
gastritis
(noun) inflammation of the lining of the stomach; nausea and loss of appetite and discomfort after eating
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
gastritis (usually uncountable, plural gastritides)
(pathology) Inflammation of the lining of the stomach, characterised by nausea, loss of appetite, and upper abdominal discomfort or pain.
Source: Wiktionary
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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(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”
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