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.
GASTROTOMIES
Noun
gastrotomies
plural of gastrotomy
Source: Wiktionary
GASTROTOMY
Gas*trot"o*my, n. Etym: [Gastro + Gr. gastrotomie.] (Surg.)
Definition: A cutting into, or opening of, the abdomen or the stomach.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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