In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
QUINIDINE
quinidine, Quinidex, Quinora
(noun) cardiac drug (trade names Quinidex and Quinora) used to treat certain heart arrhythmias
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
quinidine (countable and uncountable, plural quinidines)
(organic compound, medicine) An isomer of quinine that is used as an antiarrhythmic agent.
Source: Wiktionary
Quin"i*dine, n. (Chem.)
Definition: An alkaloid isomeric with, and resembling, quinine, found in certain species of cinchona, from which it is extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance; conchinine. It is used somewhat as a febrifuge. [Written also chinidine.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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