Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
VASUM
Va"sum, n. Etym: [L., a vase. See Vase.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A genus including several species of large marine gastropods having massive pyriform shells, with conspicuous folds on the columella.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMMOBILIZATION
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
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