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.
NANISM
dwarfism, nanism
(noun) a genetic abnormality resulting in short stature
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
nanism (plural nanisms)
(biology, medicine) Unusually small size, as the result of a developmental abnormality.
Synonyms
• dwarfism
• microsomia
Source: Wiktionary
Na"nism, n. [Gr. + -ism: cf. F. nanisme.]
Definition: The condition of being abnormally small in stature; dwarfishness; -- opposed to gigantism.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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