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.
PROGESTIN
progestin, progestogen
(noun) any of a group of steroid hormones that have the effect of progesterone
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
progestin (countable and uncountable, plural progestins)
(chemistry) A synthetic progestagen intended to mimic the effects of progesterone, often for contraceptive purposes.
Anagrams
• G proteins, G-proteins, postering, reposting
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SYNCRETISM
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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