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.
GLUTAMATE
glutamate
(noun) a salt or ester of glutamic acid
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Etymology
Noun
glutamate (plural glutamates)
(chemistry) Any salt or ester of glutamic acid.
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PRESENTATION
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
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