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.
HYAZYME
hyaluronidase, spreading factor, Hyazyme
(noun) an enzyme (trade name Hyazyme) that splits hyaluronic acid and so lowers its viscosity and increases the permeability of connective tissue and the absorption of fluids
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(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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