Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
HYPOS
Noun
hypos
plural of hypo
Anagrams
• -sophy, Sophy, hypso-, sophy
Source: Wiktionary
HYPO
Hy"po-. Etym: [Gr. sub. See Sub-.]
1. A prefix signifying a less quantity, or a low state or degree, of that denoted by the word with which it is joined, or position under or beneath.
2. (Chem.)
Definition: A prefix denoting that the element to the name of which it is prefixed enters with a low valence, or in a low state of oxidization, usually the lowest, into the compounds indicated; as, hyposulphurous acid.
Hy"po, n.
Definition: Hypochondria. [Colloq.]
Hy"po, n. Etym: [Abbrev. from hyposulphite.] (Photog.)
Definition: Sodium hyposulphite, or thiosulphate, a solution of which is used as a bath to wash out the unchanged silver salts in a picture. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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