According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
PHTHISIS
Etymology
Noun
phthisis (countable and uncountable, plural phthises)
(archaic) An atrophy of the body or part of the body, especially pulmonary tuberculosis.
Source: Wiktionary
Phthi"sis, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. phthisie.] (Med.)
Definition: A wasting or consumption of the tissues. The term was formerly applied to many wasting diseases, but is now usually restricted to pulmonary phthisis, or consumption. See Consumption. Fibroid phthisis. See under Fibroid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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