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.
VARICOCELE
varicocele
(noun) dilatation of the veins associated with the spermatic cord in the testes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
varicocele (countable and uncountable, plural varicoceles)
(medicine, andrology) Varicose veins in the area of the scrotum.
Source: Wiktionary
Var"i*co*cele, n. Etym: [Varix a dilated vein + Gr. varicocèle.] (Med.)
Definition: A varicose enlargement of the veins of the spermatic cord; also, a like enlargement of the veins of the scrotum.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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