Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
TERATOID
Etymology
Adjective
teratoid (comparative more teratoid, superlative most teratoid)
(genetics, medicine) Monster-like, exhibiting abnormal development.
Synonyms
• (exhibiting abnormal development): abnormal, malformed, monstrous
Noun
teratoid (plural teratoids)
(medicine) An abnormal tumor similar to a teratoma.
(literature) A mutant.
Source: Wiktionary
Ter"a*toid, a. Etym: [Gr. -oid.]
Definition: Resembling a monster; abnormal; of a pathological growth, exceedingly complex or highly organized. S. D. Gross.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
28 April 2024
POLYGENIC
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
Coffee Trivia
