In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
HEPATIZATION
Noun
hepatization (countable and uncountable, plural hepatizations)
(medicine) The conversion into a substance resembling the liver; a state of the lungs when gorged with effused matter, so that they are no longer pervious to the air.
Source: Wiktionary
Hep`a*ti*za"tion, n.
1. (Chem.)
Definition: Impregnating with sulphureted hydrogen gas. [Obs.]
2. Etym: [Cf. F. hépatisation.] (Med.)
Definition: Conversion into a substance resembling the liver; a state of the lungs when gorged with effused matter, so that they are no longer pervious to the air.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
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