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.
LUMBAGO
lumbago, lumbar pain
(noun) backache affecting the lumbar region or lower back; can be caused by muscle strain or arthritis or vascular insufficiency or a ruptured intervertebral disc
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
lumbago (countable and uncountable, plural lumbagos)
(pathology) Backache of the lumbar region or lower back, which can be caused by muscle strain or a slipped disk.
Source: Wiktionary
Lum*ba"go, n. Etym: [L., fr. lumbus loin. See Lumbar.] (Med.)
Definition: A rheumatic pain in the loins and the small of the back.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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