Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
STRANGURIES
Noun
stranguries
plural of strangury
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Source: Wiktionary
STRANGURY
Stran"gu*ry, n. Etym: [L. stranguria, Gr. strangurie. See Strangle, and Urine.]
1. (Med.)
Definition: A painful discharge of urine, drop by drop, produced by spasmodic muscular contraction.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: A swelling or other disease in a plant, occasioned by a ligature fastened tightly about it.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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