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.
ETHERIZE
etherize, etherise
(verb) anesthetize with ether
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
etherize (third-person singular simple present etherizes, present participle etherizing, simple past and past participle etherized)
To convert into ether.
To render insensible by means of ether, as by inhalation.
Source: Wiktionary
E"ther*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Etherized; p. pr. & vb. n. Etherizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. éthériser.]
1. To convert into ether.
2. To render insensible by means of ether, as by inhalation; as, to etherize a patient.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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