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.
SENSITISATION
sensitizing, sensitising, sensitization, sensitisation
(noun) rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections
sensitization, sensitisation
(noun) (psychology) the process of becoming highly sensitive to specific events or situations (especially emotional events or situations)
sensitization, sensitisation
(noun) the state of being sensitive (as to an antigen)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sensitisation (countable and uncountable, plural sensitisations)
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of sensitization
Source: Wiktionary
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INTERTRIGO
(noun) chafing between two skin surfaces that are in contact (as in the armpit or under the breasts or between the thighs)
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