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.
MONOMERIC
Etymology
Adjective
monomeric (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to a monomer.
(biochemistry) Describing a protein that has a single polypeptide chain.
(genetics) Describing a hereditary characteristic controlled by a gene at a single locus.
Antonyms
• multimeric
• polymeric
Anagrams
• micronome
Source: Wiktionary
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