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.
EXCLAVE
Etymology
Noun
exclave (plural exclaves)
A portion of a country's territory not connected to the main part
(medicine, rare) A detached part of an organ, as of the pancreas, thyroid, or other gland.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*clave", n. Etym: [Formed fr. enclave by substitution of ex- for en-]
Definition: A portion of a country which is separated from the main part and surrounded by politically alien territory. [Recent.]
Note: The same territory is an enclave in respect to the surrounding country and an exclave with respect to the country to which it is politically attached.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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