Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
HOMEOSTASIS
homeostasis
(noun) (physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous system to offset disrupting changes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
homeostasis (plural homeostases)
(physiology) The ability of a system or living organism to adjust its internal environment to maintain a state of dynamic constancy; such as the ability of warm-blooded animals to maintain a stable temperature.
Such a dynamic equilibrium or balance.
Source: Wiktionary
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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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