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.
HISTOLOGY
histology
(noun) the branch of biology that studies the microscopic structure of animal or plant tissues
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
histology (countable and uncountable, plural histologies)
(biology) The study of the microscopic structure, chemical composition and function of the tissue or tissue systems of plants and animals.
Source: Wiktionary
His*tol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. "isto`s tissue + -logy.]
Definition: That branch of biological science, which treats of the minute (microscopic) structure of animal and vegetable tissues; -- called also histiology.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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