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.
THROMBUS
thrombus
(noun) a blood clot formed within a blood vessel and remaining attached to its place of origin
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
thrombus (plural thrombi)
(hematology, pathology) A blood clot formed from platelets and other elements; that forms in a blood vessel in a living organism, and causes thrombosis or obstruction of the vessel at its point of formation or travel to other areas of the body.
Synonyms
• blood clot
Source: Wiktionary
Throm"bus, n.; pl. Thrombi. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) (a) A clot of blood formed of a passage of a vessel and remaining at the site of coagulation. (b) A tumor produced by the escape of blood into the subcutaneous cellular tissue.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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