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.
ONCOMETERS
Noun
oncometers
plural of oncometer
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Source: Wiktionary
ONCOMETER
On*com"e*ter, n. Etym: [Gr. -meter.] (Physiol.)
Definition: An instrument for measuring the variations in size of the internal organs of the body, as the kidney, spleen, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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10 January 2025
INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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