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.
ROTAVIRUS
rotavirus
(noun) the reovirus causing infant enteritis
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
rotavirus (plural rotaviruses)
Any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses, of the genus Rotavirus, that causes gastroenteritis and diarrhea in children and animals.
Synonyms
• duovirus (dated)
Source: Wiktionary
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WHOLE
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
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