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.
HIDROSIS
perspiration, sweating, diaphoresis, sudation, hidrosis
(noun) the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid; “perspiration is a homeostatic process”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hidrosis (countable and uncountable, plural hidroses)
(physiology) The formation and excretion of sweat; perspiration.
Synonyms
• diaphoresis
• perspiration
• sudation
• sudoresis
• sweating
Source: Wiktionary
Hi*dro"sis, n. [Written also, but incorrectly, idrosis.] [NL., fr. Gr. to sweat, sweat.]
1. (Physiol.)
Definition: Excretion of sweat; perspiration.
2. (Med.) Excessive perspiration; also, any skin disease characterized by abnormal perspiration.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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