In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
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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