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.
TROCHLEA
Etymology
Noun
trochlea (plural trochleas or trochleae)
(anatomy) A structure resembling a pulley.
In the elbow joint, the articular surface of the lower extremity of the humerus, grasped by the greater sigmoid cavity of the ulna.
A pulley-like cartilage through which the superior oblique muscle of the eyeball passes.
Anagrams
• chelator, chlorate, trachelo-
Source: Wiktionary
Troch"le*a, n. Etym: [L., a case or sheaf containing one or more pulleys, Gr. Trochilics.]
1. (Mach.)
Definition: A pulley. [Obs.]
2. (Anat.)
Definition: A pulley, or a structure resembling a pulley; as, the trochlea, or pulleylike end, of the humerus, which articulates with the ulna; or the trochlea, or fibrous ring, in the upper part of the orbit, through which the superior oblique, or trochlear, muscle of the eye passes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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