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.
ELIXIRS
Noun
elixirs
plural of elixir
Source: Wiktionary
ELIXIR
E*lix"ir, n. Etym: [F. Ă©lixir, Sp. elixir, Ar. eliksir the philosopher's stone, prob. from Gr. ksha to burn.]
1. (Med.)
Definition: A tincture with more than one base; a compound tincture or medicine, composed of various substances, held in solution by alcohol in some form.
2. (Alchemy)
Definition: An imaginary liquor capable of transmuting metals into gold; also, one for producing life indefinitely; as, elixir vitæ, or the elixir of life.
3. The refined spirit; the quintessence. The . . . elixir of worldly delights. South.
4. Any cordial or substance which invigorates. The grand elixir, to support the spirits of human nature. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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