Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
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ORYCTOLOGY
Or`yc*tol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy: cf. F. oryctologie.]
1. An old name for paleontology.
2. An old name for mineralogy and geology.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
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