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.
MYXOEDEMA
myxedema, myxoedema
(noun) hypothyroidism marked by dry skin and swellings around lips and nose as well as mental deterioration
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
myxoedema (plural myxoedemas)
Alternative spelling of myxedema
Source: Wiktionary
Myx`o*de"ma, n. [NL. fr. Gr. mucus + odema.] (Med.)
Definition: A disease producing a peculiar cretinoid appearance of the face, slow speech, and dullness of intellect, and due to failure of the functions of the thyroid gland. -- Myx`o*dem"a*tous (#), a., Myx`o*dem"ic (#), a.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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OSTENSIBLE
(adjective) appearing as such but not necessarily so; “for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent”; “the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies”; “the ostensible truth of their theories”; “his seeming honesty”
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