Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
SEMIDITONE
Sem`i*di"tone`, n. Etym: [Pref. semi- + ditone: cf. It. semiditono. Cf. Hemiditone.] (Gr. Mus.)
Definition: A lesser third, having its terms as 6 to 5; a hemiditone. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SCOPOLAMINE
(noun) an alkaloid with anticholinergic effects that is used as a sedative and to treat nausea and to dilate the pupils in ophthalmic procedures; “transdermal scopolamine is used to treat motion sickness”; “someone sedated with scopolamine has difficulty lying”
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