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.
ZYMOLYSIS
zymosis, zymolysis, fermentation, fermenting, ferment
(noun) a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
zymolysis (uncountable)
(chemistry) The action of enzymes in breaking down organic substances during fermentation
Source: Wiktionary
Zy*mol"y*sis, n. [NL. See Zyme, and Lysis.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Definition: The action of enzymes; also, the changes produced by such action. --Zy`mo*lyt"ic (#), a.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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