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.
PACHYMENINGITIS
Etymology
Noun
pachymeningitis (uncountable)
(medicine) Inflammation of the dura mater of the brain, or of the spinal cord.
Source: Wiktionary
Pach`y*men`in*gi"tis, n. [Pachy-+ meningitis.] (Med.)
Definition: Inflammation of the dura mater or outer membrane of the brain.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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