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mitis

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/ ˈmaɪtɪs, ˈmiː- /

noun

  1. a malleable iron, fluid enough for casting, made by adding a small amount of aluminium to wrought iron

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of mitis

C19: from Latin: soft


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The team notably did not find the same protective relationship between oral Streptococcus mitis and IPF in patients who had received antibiotics.

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Surprisingly, they found that one bacterial species, Streptococcus mitis, tended to dominate in certain patients with IPF who were not treated with antibiotics.

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Streptococcus mitis tends to act as a gatekeeper toward other bacterial threats, including those that can cause periodontal disease, he said.

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They are monitors—tremendous word!—or prefects or præpostors, and their mitis sapientia, no less than their muscular strength, causes them to be feared and venerated.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 9, 1917 by Various

In older works Doric is often divided into a dialectus severior and a dialectus mitis.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

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