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.
PLEURITIC
Adjective
pleuritic (comparative more pleuritic, superlative most pleuritic)
Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with pleurisy.
Noun
pleuritic (plural pleuritics)
An individual with pleurisy.
Source: Wiktionary
Pleu*rit"ic, Pleu*rit"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. pleuriticus, Gr. pleurétique.] (Med.) (a) Of or pertaining to pleurisy; as, pleuritic symptoms. (b) Suffering from pleurisy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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