In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
LYMPHOCYTE
lymphocyte, lymph cell
(noun) an agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
lymphocyte (plural lymphocytes)
(cytology, immunology) A type of white blood cell with a spherical nucleus occurring in the lymphatic system, including B cells, T cells and natural killer cells.
Hyponyms
• See also lymphocyte
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SYNCRETISM
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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