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.
CARDIOGRAPH
cardiograph, ballistocardiograph
(noun) a medical instrument that measures the mechanical force of cardiac contractions and the amount of blood passing through the heart during a specified period by measuring the recoil of the body as blood is pumped from the ventricles
cardiograph, electrocardiograph
(noun) medical instrument that records electric currents associated with contractions of the heart
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cardiograph (plural cardiographs)
(cardiology) an instrument which, placed in contact with the chest, graphically registers the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements
Source: Wiktionary
Car"di*o*graph, n. Etym: [Gr. -graph.] (Med.)
Definition: An instrument which, when placed in contact with the chest, will register graphically the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
23 February 2025
BARGAIN
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
Coffee Trivia
