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.
PROSTATECTOMY
prostatectomy
(noun) surgical removal of part or all of the prostate gland
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
prostatectomy (plural prostatectomies)
(surgery) The surgical removal of part or all of the prostate gland.
Hyponyms
• radical prostatectomy
Source: Wiktionary
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DITHER
(noun) an excited state of agitation; “he was in a dither”; “there was a terrible flap about the theft”
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