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.
SINISTRORSE
sinistrorse, sinistrorsal
(adjective) spiraling upward from right to left; “sinistrorse vines”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
sinistrorse (comparative more sinistrorse, superlative most sinistrorse)
Turning to the left (of the observer) in the ascending line.
Antonyms
• dextrorse
Source: Wiktionary
Sin"is*trorse`, a. Etym: [See Sinistrolsal.]
Definition: Turning to the left (of the spectator) in the ascending line; - - the opposite of dextrorse. See Dextrorse.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LEPTOMENINGES
(noun) the two innermost layers of the meninges; cerebrospinal fluid circulates between these innermost layers
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