Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.
GASTROSTOMY
gastrostomy
(noun) surgical creation of an opening through the abdominal wall into the stomach (as for gastrogavage)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
gastrostomy (plural gastrostomies)
(surgery) The surgical procedure for making an opening in the stomach as part of an operation
Source: Wiktionary
Gas*tros"to*my, n. Etym: [Gastro- + Gr. (Surg.)
Definition: The operation of making a permanent opening into the stomach, for the introduction of food.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COMMUNICATIONS
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
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