An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
AMOEBA
ameba, amoeba
(noun) naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
amoeba (plural amoebae or amoebas)
(biology) A member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia.
(mathematics) The graph of the real part of the logarithms of a polynomial equation in complex numbers.
(slang) An asexual.
Source: Wiktionary
A*moe"ba, n; pl. L. Amoebæ; E. Amoebas. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A rhizopod. common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. See Rhizopoda.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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