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.
MICROPIPETTE
Etymology
Noun
micropipette (plural micropipettes)
A very small pipette.
Verb
micropipette (third-person singular simple present micropipettes, present participle micropipetting, simple past and past participle micropipetted)
To transfer or measure the volume of a liquid using a micropipette.
Source: Wiktionary
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