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.
KELOIDS
Noun
keloids
plural of keloid
Verb
keloids
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of keloid
Source: Wiktionary
KELOID
Ke"loid, a. Etym: [Gr. -oid.] (Med.)
Definition: Applied to a variety of tumor forming hard, flat, irregular excrescences upon the skin.
– n.
Definition: A keloid tumor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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