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.
LYSES
LYSIS
lysis
(noun) (biochemistry) dissolution or destruction of cells such as blood cells or bacteria
lysis
(noun) recuperation in which the symptoms of an acute disease gradually subside
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
lyses
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lyse
Anagrams
• Slyes, sleys, syles
Source: Wiktionary
LYSIS
Ly"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Definition: The resolution or favorable termination of a disease, coming on gradually and not marked by abrupt change.
Note: It is usually contrasted with crisis, in which the improvement is sudden and marked; as, pneumonia ends by crisis, typhoid fever by lysis.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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