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.
MASTOIDITIS
mastoiditis
(noun) inflammation of the mastoid
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
mastoiditis (plural mastoiditides)
(pathology) Inflammation of the mastoid process of the temporal bone.
Source: Wiktionary
Mas`toid*i*tis, n. [NL. See Mastoid, and -itis.] (Med.)
Definition: Inflammation in the mastoid process of the temporal bone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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