Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
PLASMID
plasmid, plasmid DNA
(noun) a small cellular inclusion consisting of a ring of DNA that is not in a chromosome but is capable of autonomous replication
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
plasmid (plural plasmids)
(cytology) A loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from and replicates independently of the chromosomes, most commonly found in bacteria, but also in archaeans and eukaryotic cells, and used in genetic engineering as a vector for gene transfer.
Source: Wiktionary
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LIGHT
(adjective) having relatively few calories; “diet cola”; “light (or lite) beer”; “lite (or light) mayonnaise”; “a low-cal diet”
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