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.
MYXEDEMA
myxedema, myxoedema
(noun) hypothyroidism marked by dry skin and swellings around lips and nose as well as mental deterioration
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
myxedema (countable and uncountable, plural myxedemas)
(pathology) A form of cutaneous and dermal edema that is secondary to increased deposition of connective tissue components in subcutaneous tissue. [from 19th c.]
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INCORPORATE
(verb) include or contain; have as a component; “A totally new idea is comprised in this paper”; “The record contains many old songs from the 1930’s”
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