In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
HOLOBLASTIC
Etymology
Adjective
holoblastic (comparative more holoblastic, superlative most holoblastic)
(biology, of an egg) Cleaving, and separating into separate blastomeres.
Source: Wiktionary
Hol`o*blas"tic, a. (Biol.)
Definition: Undergoing complete segmentation; composed entirely of germinal matter, the whole of the yolk undergoing fission; -- opposed to meroblastic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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STEATORRHEA
(noun) the presence of greater than normal amounts of fat in the feces which are frothy and foul smelling and floating; a symptom of disorders of fat metabolism and malabsorption syndrome
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