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.
QUINOLONE
Etymology
Noun
quinolone (plural quinolones)
(organic compound) Any of several isomeric ketones derived from quinoline.
(medicine) Any of a range of broad-spectrum antibiotics, related to nalidixic acid, based on this structure.
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