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.
APHERESES
Noun
aphereses
plural of apheresis
Source: Wiktionary
APHERESIS
A*pher"e*sis, n. Etym: [L. aphaeresis, Gr.
1. (Gram.)
Definition: The dropping of a letter or syllable from the beginning of a word; e. g., cute for acute.
2. (Surg.)
Definition: An operation by which any part is separated from the rest. [Obs.] Dunglison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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