adj :  not severe in effect  :  not seriously or permanently disabling or incapacitating <a few days of illness accompanied by chilly sensations and loss of appetite -Morris Fishbein>  <of the 18 cases in which whooping cough developed … 13.3 percent were very mild, 4.8 percent were mild and 3.7 percent were -Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc.> 
, vt, -at*ed  -at*ing  :  to reduce the speed or energy of (neutrons) mod*er*a*tion n 
 
 
 
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