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.
PATULOUS
Etymology
Adjective
patulous (comparative more patulous, superlative most patulous)
open; spread; exposed
Synonym: patulent
Source: Wiktionary
Pat"u*lous, a. Etym: [L. patulus, fr. patere to be open, extend.]
Definition: Open; expanded; slightly spreading; having the parts loose or dispersed; as, a patulous calyx; a patulous cluster of flowers. The eyes are large and patulous. Sir J. Hill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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