quellung, quellung reaction
(noun) the swelling of the capsule surrounding a microorganism after reaction with an antibody; the basis of certain tests for identifying microorganisms; “pneumococcus quellung”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
6 January 2025
(adverb) (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; “the child was born prematurely”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
