Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
SECERNMENT
discrimination, secernment
(noun) the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished
secretion, secernment
(noun) the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
secernment (countable and uncountable, plural secernments)
(physiology) The act or process of secreting.
Source: Wiktionary
Se*cern"ment, n. (Physiol.)
Definition: The act or process of secreting.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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