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.
LECTERN
lectern, reading desk
(noun) desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
lectern (plural lecterns)
A stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service.
A similar stand to support a lecturer's notes.
Usage notes
While podium is a more commonly used synonym, particularly for secular lecturing, some reject this usage and instead insist on lectern – see usage notes at podium.
Synonyms
• podium
Source: Wiktionary
lec"tern, n.
Definition: See Lecturn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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POLYGENIC
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
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