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.
PHOTOPSIA
Etymology
Noun
photopsia (countable and uncountable, plural photopsias)
(medicine) The presence of perceived flashes of light
Source: Wiktionary
Pho*top"si*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Definition: An affection of the eye, in which the patient perceives luminous rays, flashes, coruscations, etc. See phosphene.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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