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.
EPINEPHRINE
epinephrine, epinephrin, adrenaline, Adrenalin
(noun) a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
epinephrine (countable and uncountable, plural epinephrines)
(hormone, neurotransmitter, organic compound) A catecholamine hormone and neurotransmitter; as a hormone, secreted by the adrenal gland in response to stress (when it stimulates the autonomic nervous system); as a neurotransmitter, synthesized from norepinephrine.
Synonyms
• (hormone and neurotransmitter): adrenalin, adrenaline, 4,5-β-trihydroxy-N-methylphenethylamine
Hypernyms
• (hormone): catecholamine
• (neurotransmitter): monoamine, phenethylamine
Source: Wiktionary
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