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.
PATENCY
obviousness, noticeability, noticeableness, patency
(noun) the property of being easy to see and understand
patency
(noun) the openness (lack of obstruction) of a bodily passage or duct
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
patency (plural patencies)
(medicine) The degree of openness of a tube, such as a blood vessel or catheter; the relative absence of blockage. Measured in percent.
(uncountable) Obviousness; clarity.
Source: Wiktionary
Pa"ten*cy, n. Etym: [See Patent.]
1. The condition of being open, enlarged, or spread.
2. The state of being patent or evident.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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THEORETICAL
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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