Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
SPHYGMOGRAM
Etymology
Noun
sphygmogram (plural sphygmograms)
The recording made by a sphygmograph
Source: Wiktionary
Sphyg"mo*gram, n. Etym: [Gr. -gram.] (Physiol.)
Definition: A tracing, called a pulse tracing, consisting of a series of curves corresponding with the beats of the heart, obtained by the application of the sphygmograph.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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