In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
HEMOSTAT
hemostat, haemostat
(noun) a surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the blood vessel
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hemostat (plural hemostats)
(medicine) An instrument that clamps blood vessels to diminish or halt blood flow.
Anagrams
• meat shot, meatshot
Source: Wiktionary
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SUMMIT
(verb) reach the summit (of a mountain); “They breasted the mountain”; “Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit”
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