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.
METFORMIN
metformin, Glucophage
(noun) an antidiabetic drug (trade name Glucophage) prescribed to treat type II diabetes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
metformin (countable and uncountable, plural metformins)
(uncountable) A popular oral drug for the treatment of diabetes, having the chemical formula C4H11N5
(countable) Any of a class of analogues of this compound
Source: Wiktionary
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(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi
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