In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
OXACILLIN
oxacillin
(noun) a form of penicillin resistant to penicillinase and effective against penicillin-resistant staphylococci
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
oxacillin (countable and uncountable, plural oxacillins)
A narrow-spectrum beta-lactam antibiotic related to penicillin
Source: Wiktionary
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