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.
INTERSPINAL
Etymology
Adjective
interspinal (not comparable)
Between spines.
(anatomy) Between adjacent spinous processes of the vertebrae.
(anatomy) Between the anterior superior iliac spines.
(anatomy) Between the ischial spines.
Synonyms
• interspinous
Anagrams
• pantiliners
Source: Wiktionary
In`ter*spi"nal, In`ter*spi"nous, a. (Anat.)
Definition: Between spines; esp., between the spinous processes of the vertebral column.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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