In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
STEATORRHEA
steatorrhea
(noun) the presence of greater than normal amounts of fat in the feces which are frothy and foul smelling and floating; a symptom of disorders of fat metabolism and malabsorption syndrome
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
steatorrhea (countable and uncountable, plural steatorrheas)
(medicine) The presence of an excessive amount of fat in the feces
Source: Wiktionary
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CIRCULATE
(verb) move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point; “Blood circulates in my veins”; “The air here does not circulate”
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