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.
LEUCORRHOEA
Noun
leucorrhoea (countable and uncountable, plural leucorrhoeas)
Alternative spelling of leukorrhea
Source: Wiktionary
Leu`cor*rhoe"a, n. Etym: [Leuco- + Gr. "rei^n to flow.] (Med.)
Definition: A discharge of a white, yellowish, or greenish, viscid mucus, resulting from inflammation or irritation of the membrane lining the genital organs of the female; the whites. Dunglison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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