Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
MELAS (uncountable)
(pathology) Ellipsis of MELAS syndrome.; A condition caused by malfunctioning mitochondria, that causes encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and events similar to strokes.
• mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes syndrome
• mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes
• MELAS syndrome
• CVS (“cyclic vomiting syndrome”) (a mitochondrial malfunction disease)
• EMALS, Lemas, Salem, Selma, Smale, Smeal, almes, amels, lames, lamĂ©s, leams, males, meals, mesal, semla
melas
plural of mela
• EMALS, Lemas, Salem, Selma, Smale, Smeal, almes, amels, lames, lamĂ©s, leams, males, meals, mesal, semla
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19 June 2025
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.