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.
TRANSPLANTATION
transplant, transplantation, transplanting
(noun) the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location; “the transplant did not flower until the second year”; “too frequent transplanting is not good for families”; “she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation”
transplant, transplantation, organ transplant
(noun) an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient); “he had a kidney transplant”; “the long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent”; “a child had a multiple organ transplant two months ago”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
transplantation (countable and uncountable, plural transplantations)
The resettlement of a group of people.
A surgical operation in which an organ is moved from a donor to a recipient; an organ transplant.
The uprooting of a tree and planting it in a new location.
Source: Wiktionary
Trans`plan*ta"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. transplantation.]
1. The act of transplanting, or the state of being transplanted; also, removal. The transplantation of Ulysses to Sparta. Broome.
2. (Surg.)
Definition: The removal of tissues from a healthy part, and the insertion of them in another place where there is a lesion; as, the transplantation of tissues in autoplasty. 3. (Surg.)
Definition: The removal of a bodily organ or of tissues from one person, and the insertion of them into another person to replace a damaged organ or tissue; as, the transplantation of a heart, kidney, or liver.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PUNGENCY
(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”
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