Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
THYROXIN
thyroxine, thyroxin, tetraiodothyronine
(noun) hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells; “thyroxine is 65% iodine”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
thyroxin (countable and uncountable, plural thyroxins)
Alternative spelling of thyroxine
Source: Wiktionary
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