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.
HYPERPLASIA
hyperplasia
(noun) abnormal increase in number of cells
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hyperplasia (countable and uncountable, plural hyperplasias)
(medicine) An increase in the size of a tissue or organ due to increased number of cells.
Source: Wiktionary
Hy`per*pla"si*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med. & Biol.)
Definition: An increase in, or excessive growth of, the normal elements of any part.
Note: Hyperplasia relates to the formation of new elements, hypertrophy being an increase in bulk of preexisting normal elements. Dunglison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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