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.
PYROXYLIC
Etymology
Adjective
pyroxylic (not comparable)
(obsolete, chemistry) Created by the destructive distillation of wood.
Source: Wiktionary
Pyr`ox*yl"ic, a. Etym: [Pyro- + Gr. (Old Chem.)
Definition: Derived from wood by distillation; -- formerly used in designating crude wood spirit.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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