You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
SPHYGMOMETER
Etymology
Noun
sphygmometer (plural sphygmometers)
A sphygmomanometer
Source: Wiktionary
Sphyg*mom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Gr. -meter.] (Physiol.)
Definition: An instrument for measuring the strength of the pulse beat; a sphygmograph.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SALTWORT
(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
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