Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
XEROMA
xerophthalmia, xerophthalmus, xeroma, conjunctivitis arida
(noun) abnormal dryness of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eyes; may be due to a systemic deficiency of vitamin A
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
xeroma (countable and uncountable, plural xeromas)
(medicine) Dryness of the eye.
Source: Wiktionary
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LEFT
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
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