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.
OLIGODENDROCYTE
oligodendrocyte
(noun) a cell of the oligodendroglia
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Etymology
Noun
oligodendrocyte (plural oligodendrocytes)
(biology) Any of the cells of the oligodendroglia in the nervous system
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THEORETICAL
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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