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fortis

[ fawr-tis ]

adjective

  1. pronounced with considerable muscular tension and breath pressure, resulting in a strong fricative or explosive sound. In stressed position (p, t, k, ch, f, th, s, sh) and sometimes (h) are fortis in English as compared with (b, d, g, j, v, th̸, z, and zh), which are lenis. Compare lenis.


noun

plural fortes
  1. a fortis consonant.

fortis

/ ˈ´Úɔ˳Ùɪ²õ /

adjective

  1. (of a consonant) articulated with considerable muscular tension of the speech organs or with a great deal of breath pressure or plosion
“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

noun

  1. a consonant, such as English p or f , pronounced with considerable muscular force or breath pressure
“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
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of fortis1

1905–10; < Latin: strong, powerful, firm
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of fortis1

Latin: strong
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"Patients complain of a burning sensation in their eyes and throat when they step outside. Some face difficulty in breathing," says Dr Rajesh Gupta, director of the pulmonary department at Fortis Hospital in Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh state.

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The first, known as FORTIS, detects changes in receptors critical for neuronal communication within living neurons.

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By utilizing FORTIS, they demonstrated that inhibiting TACR3 resulted in a sharp increase in these receptors on the cell surface, blocking the parallel process of long-term synaptic strengthening, known as LTP.

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Instead they found four other known species: V. alginolyticus, V. campbellii, V. fortis and V. parahaemolyticus.

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Lazard is advising Belgium on the move, while BNP Paribas Fortis, BofA Securities and Goldman Sachs International are acting as joint bookrunners, it added.

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