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.
MACROCYTE
megalocyte, macrocyte
(noun) abnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious anemia)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
macrocyte (plural macrocytes)
(hematology, cytology) an unusually large red blood cell that is associated with pernicious anemia
Source: Wiktionary
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WHOLE
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
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