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.
ECCHYMOSIS
ecchymosis
(noun) the escape of blood from ruptured blood vessels into the surrounding tissue to form a purple or black-and-blue spot on the skin
ecchymosis
(noun) the purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ecchymosis (countable and uncountable, plural ecchymoses)
A skin discoloration caused by bleeding underneath the skin; a bruise.
The leaking of blood into the tissues of the body as a result of a bruise.
Source: Wiktionary
Ec`chy*mo"sis, n.; pl. Ecchymoses (. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Definition: A livid or black and blue spot, produced by the extravasation or effusion of blood into the areolar tissue from a contusion.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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