In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MYOPATHY
myopathy
(noun) any pathology of the muscles that is not attributable to nerve dysfunction
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
myopathy (plural myopathies)
(medicine) Any of several diseases of muscle that are not caused by nerve disorders
Source: Wiktionary
My*op"a*thy, n.
Definition: Same as Myopathia.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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REPLACEMENT
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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