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| cytomegalovirus |
any of a group of herpesviruses typically causing mild symptoms or no symptoms in healthy individuals, but capable of causing potentially life-threatening symptoms, including pneumonia and brain inflammation, in newborns and immunocompromised individuals, abbreviated CMV. |
| darn2 |
(informal) used as a mild form of damned or cursed; darned. [2/4 definitions] |
| darned |
(informal) damned or cursed in a mild way; darn. [1/2 definitions] |
| deuce2 |
(informal) the devil (used only as a mild form of swearing). |
| doldrums |
a period or mood of inactivity, listlessness, or mild depression. [1/2 definitions] |
| dumps |
(informal) a mental state characterized by unhappiness and mild depression. |
| Edam |
a hard, mild, yellow cheese formed in rounds and usu. covered with red wax. |
| egad |
(old fashioned) a mild oath used to express surprise or enthusiasm. |
| farmer cheese |
a mild cheese pressed from whole milk, somewhat like cottage cheese but firmer and drier. |
| gee2 |
used as a mild exclamation of wonder or surprise. |
| genial |
mild, pleasant, or comfortable. [1/2 definitions] |
| gentle |
gradual or mild; not steep or abrupt. [1/7 definitions] |
| German measles |
a mild contagious viral disease, characterized by swollen glands, fever, and a rash, and dangerous to fetuses in the first three months of pregnancy. |
| get off |
to escape being punished for something, or receive only mild punishment for something one has done; be acquitted. [1/10 definitions] |
| golly |
used as an exclamation of mild surprise, wonder, puzzlement, or the like. |
| Gouda |
a mild, yellow, semisoft cheese, usu. coated in red wax. |
| Gruyère |
a mild, pale yellow cheese of Switzerland. |
| hey |
used to draw attention or to show surprise, mild delight, or annoyance. |
| histoplasmosis |
a mild infection or severe disease caused by a fungus taken into the body, sometimes attacking various organs or the nervous system. |
| hives |
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) a mild illness characterized by the eruption of small, itchy bumps on the skin, often as an allergic reaction. |
| honestly |
used to express surprise or mild shock. [1/2 definitions] |
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