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.
TENOTOMY
Etymology
Noun
tenotomy (plural tenotomies)
(surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in, a tendon
Source: Wiktionary
Te*not"o*my, n. Etym: [Gr. (Surg.)
Definition: The division of a tendon, or the act of dividing a tendon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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