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.
SECERNENT
Etymology
Noun
secernent (plural secernents)
That which promotes secretion.
(anatomy) A vessel in, or by means of, which the process of secretion takes place; a secreting vessel.
Adjective
secernent (not comparable)
(biology) Secreting; secretory.
Anagrams
• sentencer
Source: Wiktionary
Se*cern"ent, a. Etym: [L. secernens, p.pr.] (Physiol.)
Definition: Secreting; secretory.
Se*cern"ent, n.
1. That which promotes secretion.
2. (Anat.)
Definition: A vessel in, or by means of, which the process of secretion takes place; a secreting vessel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
12 May 2025
UNSEASONED
(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”
Coffee Trivia
