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.
VARIOLOIDS
Noun
varioloids
plural of varioloid
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VARIOLOID
Va"ri*o*loid, a. Etym: [Variola + -oid: cf. F. varioloïde.] (Med.)
Definition: Resembling smallpox; pertaining to the disease called varioloid.
Va"ri*o*loid, n. Etym: [Cf. F. varioloïde. See Varioloid, a.] (Med.)
Definition: The smallpox as modified by previous inoculation or vaccination.
Note: It is almost always a milder disease than smallpox, and this circumstance, with its shorter duration, exhibits the salutary effects of previous vaccination or inoculation. Dunglison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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