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.
BLOODLESS
bloodless, exsanguine, exsanguinous
(adjective) destitute of blood or apparently so; “the bloodless carcass of my Hector sold”- John Dryden
bloodless
(adjective) free from blood or bloodshed; “bloodless surgery”; “a bloodless coup”
ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid, white
(adjective) anemic looking from illness or emotion; “a face turned ashen”; “the invalid’s blanched cheeks”; “tried to speak with bloodless lips”; “a face livid with shock”; “lips...livid with the hue of death”- Mary W. Shelley; “lips white with terror”; “a face white with rage”
bloodless
(adjective) devoid of human emotion or feeling; “charts of bloodless economic indicators”
bloodless
(adjective) without vigor or zest or energy; “an insipid and bloodless young man”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
bloodless (comparative more bloodless, superlative most bloodless)
Lacking blood; ashen, anaemic.
Taking place without loss of blood.
Lacking emotion, passion or vivacity.
Source: Wiktionary
Blood"less, a. Etym: [AS. bl.]
1. Destitute of blood, or apparently so; as, bloodless cheeks; lifeless; dead. The bloodless carcass of my Hector sold. Dryden.
2. Not attended with shedding of blood, or slaughter; as, a bloodless victory. Froude.
3. Without spirit or activity. Thou bloodless remnant of that royal blood ! Shak.
– Blood"less*ly, adv.
– Blood"less*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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