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.
PRECLUSION
obviation, forestalling, preclusion
(noun) the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
preclusion (countable and uncountable, plural preclusions)
(countable) The act of precluding.
(uncountable) The condition of being precluded.
Synonyms
• obviation
• prevention
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*clu"sion, n. Etym: [L. praeclusio. See Preclude.]
Definition: The act of precluding, or the state of being precluded; a shutting out.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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