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.
HYDRATED
hydrous, hydrated
(adjective) containing combined water (especially water of crystallization as in a hydrate)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
hydrated
simple past tense and past participle of hydrate
Adjective
hydrated (comparative more hydrated, superlative most hydrated)
(chemistry) Combined chemically with water.
(of a person) Not suffering from dehydration.
Antonyms
• dehydrated
Source: Wiktionary
Hy"dra*ted, a.
Definition: Formed into a hydrate; combined with water.
HYDRATE
Hy"drate, n. Etym: [Gr. "y`dwr water: cf. F. hydrate.] (Chem.) (a) A compound formed by the union of water with some other substance, generally forming a neutral body, as certain crystallized salts. (b) A substance which does not contain water as such, but has its constituents (hydrogen, oxygen, hydroxyl) so arranged that water may be eliminated; hence, a derivative of, or compound with, hydroxyl; hydroxide; as, ethyl hydrate, or common alcohol; calcium hydrate, or slaked lime.
Hy"drate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hydrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Hydrating.]
Definition: To form into a hydrate; to combine with water.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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