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.
ELECTROTONUS
Etymology
Noun
electrotonus (uncountable)
(biology) The variation of the excitability and conductivity of a nerve or muscle as an electric current passes through it
Source: Wiktionary
E`lec*trot"o*nus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. combining form electro- + Gr. (Physiol.)
Definition: The modified condition of a nerve, when a constant current of electricity passes through any part of it. See Anelectrotonus, and Catelectrotonus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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