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.
PHLEBOTOMIZE
bleed, leech, phlebotomize, phlebotomise
(verb) draw blood; “In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
phlebotomize (third-person singular simple present phlebotomizes, present participle phlebotomizing, simple past and past participle phlebotomized)
(transitive) To perform a phlebotomy on (a vein): to open (a vein) to withdraw or let blood.
(transitive) To perform a phlebotomy on (a person): to open a vein of (a person) to withdraw or let blood.
(intransitive) To perform a phlebotomy; to open a vein to withdraw or let blood.
Source: Wiktionary
Phle*bot"o*mize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Phlebotomized; p. pr. & vb. n. Phlebotomizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. phlébotomiser.]
Definition: To let blood from by opening a vein; to bleed. [R.] Howell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PREMATURELY
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