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mild | American Dictionary

mild
adjective[ -er/-est only ]
us/mɑɪld/
not violent, severe, or extreme; slight or gentle:
mild criticism
a mild case of the flu
She has a very mild temperament.
If the flavor of food or a smell is described as mild, it is not very strong.
Mild weather is not very cold or not as cold as usual.

Examples of mild

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Even the most salient traces typically represent only relatively mild threats.
Eight patients (3 in minocycline group, 5 in placebo group) developed mild anemia.
In the general population, psychiatric symptoms may be transient and relatively mild.
These relationships were found in a relatively stable and high functioning out-patient sample that was experiencing only mild symptoms at the time of assessment.
Both sisters have similar skeletal features, including mild shortening of the arms, double joints of elbows, with an extra flexion crease and small hands.
Cases of mild cognitive impairment could be missed, if the elderly persons do not admit cognitive impairment and no third party information can be obtained.
Further examination of species distributions on baits in a plot during a single observation, however, provides evidence of mild interspecific interaction.
Adverse events reported in the open-label period were mostly mild; no difference in adverse events between varenicline and placebo was observed during the double-blind period.
A few patients may show male-pattern balding and mild facial and hand muscle weakness.
Another reason for few adaptations could be that 44% of the patients in our study had a mild stroke (4).
During incubation, development may be disrupted giving rise to the presence of mild deformities.
Ocular symptoms are uncommon, although there may be mild ptosis.
The preceding winter spring had been unusually mild.
Moreover, the mean selection rates for the quartet trials were significantly different from chance in the strong acceptance, but not the mild acceptance condition.
Smoke tests and measurements of air velocity indicated that a mild north-easterly wind (0.5 1.5m/s) generated very effective cross ventilation (see section).
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