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.
THROMBIN
thrombin
(noun) an enzyme that acts on fibrinogen in blood causing it to clot
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
thrombin (countable and uncountable, plural thrombins)
(enzyme) An enzyme in blood that facilitates blood clotting by converting fibrinogen to fibrin (by means of ionized calcium).
Synonyms
• factor II
Source: Wiktionary
Throm"bin, n. [See Thrombus.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Definition: The fibrin ferment which produces the formation of fibrin from fibrinogen.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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