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.
EXTERN
extern, medical extern
(noun) a nonresident doctor or medical student; connected with a hospital but not living there
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
extern (plural externs)
A person affiliated with an institution in a lesser capacity, for example, as a non-resident or as a part-time affiliate.
A day-scholar.
Outward form or part; exterior.
Adjective
extern
(obsolete, rare) External; outward; not inherent
Etymology 2
Noun
extern (plural externs)
(programming) In the C and C++ programming languages, a variable that can be separately declared in many places, all of them referring to the same variable.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*tern", a. Etym: [Cf. F. externe. See External.]
Definition: External; outward; not inherent. [Obs.] Shak.
Ex*tern", n. Etym: [Cf. F. externe.]
1. A pupil in a seminary who lives without its walls; a day scholar.
2. Outward form or part; exterior. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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