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.
HYDROPHOBIC
hydrophobic, aquaphobic
(adjective) abnormally afraid of water
hydrophobic
(adjective) lacking affinity for water; tending to repel and not absorb water; tending not to dissolve in or mix with or be wetted by water
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
hydrophobic (not comparable)
Of, or having, hydrophobia (rabies).
Etymology 2
Adjective
hydrophobic (comparative more hydrophobic, superlative most hydrophobic)
(physics, chemistry) Lacking an affinity for water; unable to absorb, or be wetted by water.
Antonyms
• (lacking an affinity for water): hydrophilic
Source: Wiktionary
Hy`dro*phob"ic, a. Etym: [L. hydrophobicus, Gr. hydrophobique.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to hydrophobia; producing or caused by rabies; as, hydrophobic symptoms; the hydrophobic poison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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