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.
MASTITIS
mastitis
(noun) inflammation of a breast (or udder)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
mastitis (countable and uncountable, plural mastitides)
(pathology) Inflammation of a breast.
Synonyms
• mammitis
Source: Wiktionary
Mas*ti"tis, n. Etym: [Gr. -itis.] (Med.)
Definition: Inflammation of the breast.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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13 November 2024
OSTENSIBLE
(adjective) appearing as such but not necessarily so; “for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent”; “the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies”; “the ostensible truth of their theories”; “his seeming honesty”
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