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.
TIBIAL
tibial
(adjective) relating to or located near a tibia
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
tibial (not comparable)
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to a tibia or a structure associated with a tibia.
(music) Of or relating to a pipe or flute.
Noun
tibial (plural tibials)
(anatomy) A tibial bone.
Source: Wiktionary
Tib"i*al, a. Etym: [L. tibialis, fr. tibia the shin bone; also, a pipe or flute, originally made of a bone: cf. F. tibial.]
1. Of or pertaining to a tibia.
2. Of or pertaining to a pipe or flute. Tibial spur (Zoöl.), a spine frequently borne on the tibia of insects. See Illust. under Coleoptera.
Tib"i*al, n. (Anat.)
Definition: A tibial bone; a tibiale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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