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.
PHARMACOLOGY
pharmacology, pharmacological medicine, materia medica
(noun) the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pharmacology (uncountable)
(medicine) The science of drugs including their origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic use, and toxicology.
(medicine) The properties and reactions of drugs especially with relation to their therapeutic value.
Source: Wiktionary
Phar`ma*col"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy: cf. F. pharmacologie.]
1. Knowledge of drugs or medicines; the art of preparing medicines.
2. A treatise on the art of preparing medicines.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LIGHT
(adjective) having relatively few calories; “diet cola”; “light (or lite) beer”; “lite (or light) mayonnaise”; “a low-cal diet”
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