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.
LESION
lesion
(noun) any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part
wound, lesion
(noun) an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
lesion (plural lesions)
(pathology) A wound or injury.
(medicine) An infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part, especially such on a patch of skin.
(biochemistry) Any compound formed from damage to a nucleic acid.
(law) Injury or an unfair imbalance in a commutative contract wherein the consideration is less than half of the market value, which then serves as a basis for the injured party to sue to rescind the agreement.
Verb
lesion (third-person singular simple present lesions, present participle lesioning, simple past and past participle lesioned)
(transitive) To wound or injure, especially in an experiment or other controlled procedure.
Anagrams
• Elison, eloins, esloin, insole, oleins, onlies, selion
Source: Wiktionary
Le"sion, n. Etym: [F. lesion, L. laesio, fr. laedere, laesum, to hurt, injure.]
Definition: A hurt; an injury. Specifically: (a) (Civil Law) Loss sustained from failure to fulfill a bargain or contract. Burrill. (b) (Med.) Any morbid change in the exercise of functions or the texture of organs. Dunglison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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