mitis
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of mitis
C19: from Latin: soft
Example Sentences
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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.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 2024
Streptococcus mitis tends to act as a gatekeeper toward other bacterial threats, including those that can cause periodontal disease, he said.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 2024
The team notably did not find the same protective relationship between oral Streptococcus mitis and IPF in patients who had received antibiotics.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 2024
Mr. Ainger discourses, with a mitis sapientia that is very attractive, on the fashions and manners of the past and the gradual process of their development into the Eton of the present.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 14, 1917 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
Few writers of our time could claim the phrase mitis sapentia as Maine could, though it is possible that he was a little too much given to theorise.
From A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by Saintsbury, George
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