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.
PYROGENIC
igneous, pyrogenic, pyrogenous
(adjective) produced under conditions involving intense heat; “igneous rock is rock formed by solidification from a molten state; especially from molten magma”; “igneous fusion is fusion by heat alone”; “pyrogenic strata”
pyrogenic, pyrogenous, pyrogenetic
(adjective) produced by or producing fever
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
pyrogenic (comparative more pyrogenic, superlative most pyrogenic)
(pathology, chemistry) generating or produced by heat, especially in the body; causing or caused by fever
Synonyms: pyrogenous, pyrogenetic
(geology) of a mineral formed from magma at high temperature
Synonyms: pyrogenous, pyrogenetic
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Source: Wiktionary
Pyr`o*gen"ic, a. Etym: [Pyro- + -gen + -ic.] (Physiol.)
Definition: Producing heat; -- said of substances, as septic poisons, which elevate the temperature of the body and cause fever.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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AGITATION
(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; “the political ferment produced new leadership”; “social unrest”
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