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.
MONOGENIC
monogenic
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by a single pair of genes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
monogenic (not comparable)
of or relating to monogenesis or to monogenism
(genetics) regulated by a single gene
producing offspring of only one sex
(mathematics, of a function) having a single derivative at a point
(math, of a semigroup) generated by a set containing only a single element
Noun
monogenic (plural monogenics)
(mathematics) A derivative of a monogenic function
Source: Wiktionary
Mon`o*gen"ic, a.
1. (Biol.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to monogenesis.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Producing only one kind of germs, or young; developing only in one way.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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THEORETICAL
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