According to WorldAtlas, Finland is the biggest coffee consumer in the entire world. The average Finn will consume 12 kg of coffee each year.
LARYNGECTOMY
laryngectomy
(noun) surgical removal of part or all of the larynx (usually to treat cancer of the larynx)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
laryngectomy (plural laryngectomies)
(surgery) The surgical removal of part or all of the larynx, most often performed in cases of laryngeal cancer.
Source: Wiktionary
Lar`yn*gec"to*my, n. [Larynx + Gr. to cut out.] (Surg.)
Definition: Excision of the larynx.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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