In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
HYPOXIA
hypoxia
(noun) oxygen deficiency causing a very strong drive to correct the deficiency
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hypoxia (countable and uncountable, plural hypoxias)
(pathology) A condition in which tissues (especially the blood) are deprived of an adequate supply of oxygen; anoxia [from 1940s]
A reduced concentration of dissolved oxygen in an aquatic environment.
Source: Wiktionary
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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