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.
VERTIGOES
VERTIGO
dizziness, giddiness, lightheadedness, vertigo
(noun) a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
vertigoes
(dated) plural of vertigo
Source: Wiktionary
VERTIGO
Ver"ti*go, n; pl. E. Vertigoes, L. Vertigines. Etym: [L., fr. vertere to turn. See Verse.]
1. (Med.)
Definition: Dizziness or swimming of the head; an affection of the head in which objects, though stationary, appear to move in various directions, and the person affected finds it difficult to maintain an erect posture; giddiness. Quian.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of numerous species of small land snails belonging to the genus Vertigo, having an elongated or conical spiral shell and usually teeth in the aperture.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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