Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
PHOBIA
phobia, phobic disorder, phobic neurosis
(noun) an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations; “phobic disorder is a general term for all phobias”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
phobia (plural phobias or phobiae or phobiæ)
An irrational, abnormal, or obsessive fear (of something).
Hyponyms
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Source: Wiktionary
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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