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.
DEXTRAL
dextral
(adjective) of or on the right; “a dextral gastropod shell with the apex upward has its opening on the right when facing the observer”; “a dextral flatfish lies with the right eye uppermost”
dextral
(adjective) preferring to use right foot or hand or eye; “dextral individuals exhibit dominance of the right hand and eye”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
dextral (comparative more dextral, superlative most dextral)
Of or pertaining to the right side
Antonyms
• sinistral
Source: Wiktionary
Dex"tral, a. Etym: [From Dexter.]
Definition: Right, as opposed to sinistral, or left. Dextral shell (Zoöl.), a spiral shell the whorls of which turn from left right, or like the hands of a watch when the apex of the spire is toward the eye of the observer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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