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.
LAMELLA
lamella
(noun) thin plate
lamella
(noun) a thin membrane that is one of the calcified layers that form bones
gill, lamella
(noun) any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
lamella (plural lamellas or lamellae)
A thin, plate-like structure.
(mycology) The gill of a mushroom.
Anagrams
• malleal
Source: Wiktionary
La*mel"la, n.; pl. L. Lamellæ, E. Lamellas. Etym: [L. lamella, dim. of lamina plate, leaf, layer: cf. F. lamelle. Cf. Lamina, Omelet.]
Definition: a thin plate or scale of anything, as a thin scale growing from the petals of certain flowers; or one of the thin plates or scales of which certain shells are composed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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