Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
RESECT
resect, eviscerate
(verb) surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
resect (third-person singular simple present resects, present participle resecting, simple past and past participle resected)
(surgery, transitive) To remove (some part of an organ or structure) by surgical means.
Anagrams
• Cretes, certes, erects, secret, terces
Source: Wiktionary
Re*sect" (r-skt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resected;p. pr. & vb. n. Resecting.] Etym: [L. resectus, p. p. of resecare to cut off; pref. re- re- + secare to cut.]
Definition: To cut or pare off; to remove by cutting.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUCCESS
(noun) an event that accomplishes its intended purpose; “let’s call heads a success and tails a failure”; “the election was a remarkable success for the Whigs”
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