Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
KALLIKREIN
Etymology
Noun
kallikrein (countable and uncountable, plural kallikreins)
(enzyme) A hypotensive protease that liberates kinins from blood plasma proteins and is used therapeutically for vasodilation.
Synonyms: kallidinogenase, kininogenin
Source: Wiktionary
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RESTITUTION
(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”
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