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.
URETHANE
urethane
(noun) an ester of carbamic acid
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
urethane (countable and uncountable, plural urethanes)
(organic compound, uncountable) A white crystalline organic compound, ethyl-carbamate, NH2COOC2H5, used in the synthesis of other organic compounds.
(organic chemistry, countable) Any compound of having this general structure.
(informal) Polyurethane.
Synonyms
• ethyl carbamate
Source: Wiktionary
U*reth"ane, n. (Chem.)
Definition: A white crystalline substance, NH2.CO.OC2H5, produced by the action of ammonia on ethyl carbonate. It is used somewhat in medicine as a hypnotic. By extension, any one of the series of related substances of which urethane proper is the type.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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