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.
GASTROSCOPIES
Noun
gastroscopies
plural of gastroscopy
Source: Wiktionary
GASTROSCOPY
Gas*tros"co*py, n. (Med.)
Definition: Examination of the abdomen or stomach, as with the gastroscope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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