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.
ISCHEMIA
ischemia, ischaemia
(noun) local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ischemia (countable and uncountable, plural ischemias) (American spelling)
(pathology, cardiology) Local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply (vasoconstriction, thrombosis or embolism).
Source: Wiktionary
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
6 January 2025
PREMATURELY
(adverb) (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; “the child was born prematurely”
Coffee Trivia
