PERITRATE

pentaerythritol, Peritrate

(noun) a coronary vasodilator (trade name Peritrate) used to treat angina pectoris

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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8 May 2024

HYPSOGRAPHY

(noun) the scientific study of the earth’s configuration above sea level (emphasizing the measurement of land altitudes relative to sea level)


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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