In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
TRISOMY
mongolism, mongolianism, Down's syndrome, Down syndrome, trisomy
(noun) a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome; results in a flat face and short stature and mental retardation
trisomy
(noun) chrosomal abnormality in which there is one more than the normal number of chromosomes in a cell
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
trisomy (countable and uncountable, plural trisomies)
(cytology) The presence of three copies, instead of the normal two, of a particular chromosome of an organism.
Coordinate terms
• disomy
• monosomy
Anagrams
• Toryism
Source: Wiktionary
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BACKFIRE
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
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