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.
BIOLOGY
biology, biological science
(noun) the science that studies living organisms
biota, biology
(noun) all the plant and animal life of a particular region
biology
(noun) characteristic life processes and phenomena of living organisms; “the biology of viruses”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
biology (countable and uncountable, plural biologies)
The study of all life or living matter.
The living organisms of a particular region.
The structure, function, and behavior of an organism or type of organism.
Synonyms
• lifelore, life science, life sciences
Meronyms
• See also biology
Source: Wiktionary
Bi*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. life + -logy: cf. F. biologie.]
Definition: The science of life; that branch of knowledge which treats of living matter as distinct from matter which is not living; the study of living tissue. It has to do with the origin, structure, development, function, and distribution of animals and plants.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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GLASSY
(adjective) (used of eyes) lacking liveliness; “empty eyes”; “a glassy stare”; “his eyes were glazed over with boredom”
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