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.
OVARIOTOMIES
Noun
ovariotomies
plural of ovariotomy
Source: Wiktionary
OVARIOTOMY
O*va`ri*ot"o*my, n. Etym: [Ovarium + Gr. (Surg.)
Definition: The operation of removing one or both of the ovaries; oöphorectomy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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16 November 2024
LEAVE
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
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