Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
SIGMOIDECTOMY
sigmoidectomy
(noun) surgical removal of part or all of the sigmoid colon (usually to remove a malignant tumor)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sigmoidectomy (plural sigmoidectomies)
(surgery) A colectomy in which the sigmoid colon is removed.
Source: Wiktionary
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RAREFACTION
(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”
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