Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
TAMPONADE
tamponade, tamponage
(noun) blockage or closure (as of a wound or body cavity) by (or as if by) a tampon (especially to stop bleeding)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tamponade (plural tamponades)
(medical) The use of a tampon.
(medical) A stoppage in the flow of blood in a vessel, caused either by the insertion of a tampon or by outside constriction.
Verb
tamponade (third-person singular simple present tamponades, present participle tamponading, simple past and past participle tamponaded)
(medical) To plug or stop with a tampon.
Source: Wiktionary
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