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.
LITHOTOME
Etymology
Noun
lithotome (plural lithotomes)
A mineral resembling a cut gem, formed that way by nature.
(surgery) An instrument used for cutting the bladder to remove a calculus; a cystotome.
Source: Wiktionary
Lith"o*tome, n. Etym: [Gr. lithotome.]
1. A stone so formed by nature as to appear as if cut by art.
2. (Surg.)
Definition: An instrument used for cutting the bladder in operations for the stone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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