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.
TESTICLE
testis, testicle, orchis, ball, ballock, bollock, nut, egg
(noun) one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; “she kicked him in the balls and got away”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
testicle (plural testicles)
The male sex and endocrine gland, found in some types of animals, that produces sperm and male sex hormones, including the steroid testosterone.
Synonyms
• testis (medical)
• orchis (medical)
• ball (perhaps vulgar)
• bollock (perhaps alteration of "ballock")
• lamb fries (culinary)
• See also testicles
Hypernyms
• genitals
Anagrams
• telestic
Source: Wiktionary
Tes"ti*cle, n. Etym: [L. testiculus, dim. of testis a testicle, probably the same word as testis a witness, as being a witness to manhood. Cf. Test a witness.] (Anat.)
Definition: One of the essential male genital glands which secrete the semen.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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