NOVOCAINE

Etymology

Proper noun

Novocaine

The commercial name of procaine, a common painkiller drug.

Synonym: procaine

Noun

novocaine (countable and uncountable, plural novocaines)

Alternative letter-case form of Novocaine

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

12 November 2024

PLANTAIN

(noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.

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