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.
GAPEWORM
Etymology
Noun
gapeworm (plural gapeworms)
A parasitic nematode worm, Syngamus trachea, that infects the tracheas of some birds and causes the disease gapes.
Source: Wiktionary
Gape"worm` ( or ), n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The parasitic worm that causes the gapes in birds. See Illustration in Appendix.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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