Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
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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BARGAIN
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