Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
TABID
Etymology
From Latin tabidus, from tabere ‘waste, melt’.
Adjective
tabid (comparative more tabid, superlative most tabid)
(medicine) Pertaining to tabes.
Wasting away, declining.
Source: Wiktionary
Tab"id, a. [L. tabidus: cf. F. tabide. See Tabes.] (Med.)
Definition: Affected by tabes; tabetic.
In tabid persons, milk is the bset restorative. Arbuthnot.
– Tab"id*ly, adv. -- Tab"id*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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