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.
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.
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