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.
CLAVICLE
clavicle, collarbone
(noun) bone linking the scapula and sternum
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
clavicle (plural clavicles)
The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone.
Synonyms
• (bone): collarbone, collar bone, collar-bone
Source: Wiktionary
Clav"i*cle, n. Etym: [F. clavicule, fr. L. clavicula a little key, tendril, dim. of clavis key, akin to claudere to shut. See Close, and cf. Clef.] (Anat.)
Definition: The collar bone, which is joined at one end to the scapula, or shoulder blade, and at the other to the sternum, or breastbone. In man each clavicle is shaped like the letter
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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