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.
LEMNISCUS
lemniscus, fillet
(noun) a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
lemniscus (plural lemniscuses or lemnisci)
(zoology) One of two oval bodies hanging from the interior walls of the body in the Acanthocephala.
A woollen fillet attached to the back of crowns, diadems, etc.
(anatomy) A ribbon of fibers, especially of cerebral white nerve fibers.
Source: Wiktionary
Lem*nis"cus, n.; pl. Lemnisci () Etym: [L. See Lemniscata.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of two oval bodies hanging from the interior walls of the body in the Acanthocephala.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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