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.
FETUS
fetus, foetus
(noun) an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fetus (plural fetuses or feti or fetii)
(Australia, Canada, US) An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal.
(Australia, Canada, US) A human embryo after the eighth week of gestation.
Usage notes
• The form fetus is preferred in North America and in the scientific community, whereas foetus is still commonly used in Commonwealth nations.
Anagrams
• EF-Tus, UTFSE, fuets
Source: Wiktionary
Fe"tus, n.; pl. Fetuses. Etym: [L. fetus, foetus, a bringing forth, brood, offspring, young ones, cf. fetus fruitful, fructified, that is or was filled with young; akin to E. fawn a deer, fecundity, felicity, feminine, female, and prob. to do, or according to others, to be.]
Definition: The young or embryo of an animal in the womb, or in the egg; often restricted to the later stages in the development of viviparous and oviparous animals, embryo being applied to the earlier stages. [Written also foetus.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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