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.
ASEXUAL
asexual, nonsexual
(adjective) not having or involving sex; “an asexual spore”; “asexual reproduction”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
asexual (not comparable)
Nonsexual in nature, unmarked by sexual activity. (Compare Platonic.)
Not experiencing sexual attraction; lacking interest in or desire for sex.
(biology) Lacking distinct sex, lacking sexual organs.
(biology) Without sexual action; reproducing by some other method than sex.
Synonyms
• (not experiencing sexual attraction): ace (slang), asexy (slang), hyposexual
• (without sexual features): epicene
Antonyms
• allosexual
Noun
asexual (plural asexuals)
(biology) A species which reproduces by asexual rather than sexual reproduction, or a member of such a species.
A person who does not experience sexual attraction; a person who lacks interest in or desire for sex.
(rare) Something which does not have a sex, or a word which refers to such a thing.
Antonyms
• allosexual
Source: Wiktionary
A*sex"u*al, a. Etym: [Pref. a- not + sexual.] (Biol.)
Definition: Having no distinct; without sexual action; as, asexual reproduction. See Fission and Gemmation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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POLYGENIC
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