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.
STYLOID
Etymology
Adjective
styloid (not comparable)
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the styloid process, a long and slender process from the lower side of the temporal bone of man, corresponding to the tympanohyal and stylohyal of other animals; styliform.
Noun
styloid (plural styloids)
(anatomy) The styloid process.
Anagrams
• Doylist, ditosyl
Source: Wiktionary
Sty"loid, a. Etym: [Style + -oid: cf. F. styloïde, Gr.
1. Styliform; as, the styloid process.
2. (Anat.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the styloid process. Styloid process (Anat.), a long and slender process from the lower side of the temporal bone of man, corresponding to the tympanohyal and stylohyal of other animals.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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