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.
THYROXINE
thyroxine, thyroxin, tetraiodothyronine
(noun) hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells; “thyroxine is 65% iodine”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
thyroxine (countable and uncountable, plural thyroxines)
(hormone) A hormone (an iodine derivative of tyrosine), produced by the thyroid gland, that regulates cell metabolism and growth.
Synonyms
• (hormone): tetraiodothyronine
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