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.
SCLEREMA
Noun
sclerema (plural scleremas or scleremata)
(medicine) induration of the cellular tissue
Source: Wiktionary
Scle*re"ma, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Definition: Induration of the cellular tissue. Sclerema of adults. See Scleroderma.
– Sclerema neonatorum ( Etym: [NL., of the newborn], an affection characterized by a peculiar hardening and rigidity of the cutaneous and subcutaneous tissues in the newly born. It is usually fatal. Called also skinbound disease.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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