Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
MATURATION
festering, suppuration, maturation
(noun) (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
(noun) (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; “he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children”
maturation, ripening, maturement
(noun) coming to full development; becoming mature
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
maturation (countable and uncountable, plural maturations)
The process of becoming mature.
(biology) The process of differentiation that produces the adult form of an organism.
(medicine) The process of maturating, or suppurating fully.
Anagrams
• natatorium
Source: Wiktionary
Mat`u*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. maturatio a hastening: cf. F. maturation.]
Definition: The process of bringing, or of coming, to maturity; hence, specifically, the process of suppurating perfectly; the formation of pus or matter.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DAZED
(adjective) in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; “he had a dazed expression on his face”; “lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow”; “was stupid from fatigue”
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