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.
PHLEBOGRAM
venogram, phlebogram
(noun) an X ray of a vein injected with a radiopaque contrast medium
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
phlebogram (plural phlebograms)
a venogram
Source: Wiktionary
Phleb"o*gram, n. Etym: [Gr. -gram.] (Physiol.)
Definition: A tracing (with the sphygmograph) of the movements of a vein, or of the venous pulse.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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