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.
FLUOROSCOPE
fluoroscope, roentgenoscope
(noun) an X-ray machine that combines an X-ray source and a fluorescent screen to enable direct observation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fluoroscope (plural fluoroscopes)
(now, rare) A device used to measure the fluorescence of a solution.
(medicine) A device used to view continuous live X-ray images on a fluorescent screen.
Verb
fluoroscope (third-person singular simple present fluoroscopes, present participle fluoroscoping, simple past and past participle fluoroscoped)
(transitive) To examine with a fluoroscope.
Source: Wiktionary
Flu*or"o*scope, n. Etym: [Fluorescence + -scope.] (Phys.)
Definition: An instrument for observing or exhibiting fluorescence.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SHTIK
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