Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
PRESSORS
Noun
pressors
plural of pressor
Source: Wiktionary
PRESSOR
Press"or, a. (Physiol.)
Definition: Causing, or giving rise to, pressure or to an increase of pressure; as, pressor nerve fibers, stimulation of which excites the vasomotor center, thus causing a stronger contraction of the arteries and consequently an increase of the arterial blood pressure; -- opposed to depressor. Landois & Stirling.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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