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.
TAENIA
taenia
(noun) tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host
taenia, tenia, fillet
(noun) a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband
TENIA
taenia, tenia, fillet
(noun) a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
taenia (plural taenias or taeniae)
(historical) A ribbon worn in the hair in ancient Greece.
(architecture, Doric architecture) A band between the frieze and architrave in the Doric order.
(anatomy) Any of several ribbon-like bands of tissue.
(biology) Any species of the genus Taenia of tapeworms.
Anagrams
• antiae
Source: Wiktionary
Tæ"ni*a, n.; pl. Tæniæ. Etym: [L., a ribbon, a tapeworm.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A genus of intestinal worms which includes the common tapeworms of man. See Tapeworm.
2. (Anat.)
Definition: A band; a structural line; -- applied to several bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain.
3. (Arch.)
Definition: The fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric frieze, separating it from the architrave.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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