In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TACHYPNOEA
Etymology
Noun
tachypnoea (usually uncountable, plural tachypnoeas)
(medicine) Hyperventilation.
Source: Wiktionary
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SCOPOLAMINE
(noun) an alkaloid with anticholinergic effects that is used as a sedative and to treat nausea and to dilate the pupils in ophthalmic procedures; “transdermal scopolamine is used to treat motion sickness”; “someone sedated with scopolamine has difficulty lying”
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