Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
TAXIS
taxis
(noun) the surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced body part
taxis
(noun) a locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
taxis (plural taxes)
(biology) The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus.
(medicine) The manipulation of a body part into its normal position after injury.
(rhetoric) The arrangement of the parts of a topic.
arrangement or ordering generally, as in architecture or grammar
(historical) A brigade in an Ancient Greek army.
Usage notes
Distinguished from tropism in that in a tropism, the organism is not motile, and simply turns or grows towards or away from stimulus (e.g, plants, fungi), while in a taxis, the organism has motility and moves towards or away from stimulus (e.g, bacteria, animals). Distinguished from a kinesis in that a kinesis is non-directional movement, while a taxis is directional.
Etymology 2
Noun
taxis
plural of taxi
Verb
taxis
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of taxi
Source: Wiktionary
Tax"is, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Surg.)
Definition: Manipulation applied to a hernial tumor, or to an intestinal obstruction, for the purpose of reducing it. Dunglison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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