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.
STENOSIS
stenosis, stricture
(noun) abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
stenosis (countable and uncountable, plural stenoses)
(medicine) An abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
A reduction in capacity (physical or mental)
Anagrams
• Ossetins, Sisseton
Source: Wiktionary
Ste*no"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Definition: A narrowing of the opening or hollow of any passage, tube, or orifice; as, stenosis of the pylorus. It differs from stricture in being applied especially to diffused rather than localized contractions, and in always indicating an origin organic and not spasmodic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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