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.
CONTRACTURE
contracture
(noun) an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
contracture (countable and uncountable, plural contractures)
(medicine) An abnormal, sometimes permanent, contraction of a muscle; a deformity so caused.
Source: Wiktionary
Con*trac"ture, n. Etym: [L. contractura a drawing together.] (Med.)
Definition: A state of permanent rigidity or contraction of the muscles, generally of the flexor muscles.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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