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.
GONAD
gonad, sex gland
(noun) a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
gonad (plural gonads)
(anatomy) A sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary.
(slang, mostly, in the plural) The testicles.
Synonyms
• (sex gland): sex gland
Anagrams
• Dagon, Dogan, Gonda, dango, dogan, donga, goand
Source: Wiktionary
Gon"ad, n.; pl. Gonads. Etym: [Gr. (Anat.)
Definition: One of the masses of generative tissue primitively alike in both sexes, but giving rise to either an ovary or a testis; a generative gland; a germ gland. Wiedersheim.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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