Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
VACCINIA
cowpox, vaccinia
(noun) a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox
vaccinia, vaccina, variola vaccine, variola vaccinia, variola vaccina
(noun) a local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
vaccinia (countable and uncountable, plural vaccinias)
(medicine) An infection of cowpox.
(by extension) The virus which causes this infection.
Source: Wiktionary
Vac*cin"i*a, n. Etym: [NL. See Vaccine.] (Med.)
Definition: Cowpox; vaccina. See Cowpox.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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