Definition, Meaning & Anagrams | English word ITIS

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Definitions of ITIS

1. (informal, Caribbean, usually preceded by the) The feeling of sleepiness after eating a heavy meal.
2. (informal) A medical condition accompanied by inflammation.

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Examples of Using ITIS in a Sentence

• The database ITIS lists this as a valid taxon, noting a caveat on the disputed systematics of this species, Balaenoptera edeni and Balaenoptera brydei.
• ITIS couples each scientific name with a stable and unique taxonomic serial number (TSN) as the "common denominator" for accessing information on such issues as invasive species, declining amphibians, migratory birds, fishery stocks, pollinators, agricultural pests, and emerging diseases.
• The ITIS presently divides it into three subgenera: Chrysopteron (containing most reddish-colored Old World species), Myotis (containing almost all other Old World species), and Pizonyx (containing all New World species and the Eurasian Myotis brandtii and Myotis sibiricus, which are more closely related to New World species than to other Old World species).
• The American Society of Mammalogists and ITIS follow this synonymization, but the IUCN Red List retains it as a distinct species, classifying it as a species of least concern.
• He is Senior Adviser, CVC Capital Partners; Chairman of ITIS plc, a traffic information company; and Chairman of Streetcar, the largest UK pay-as-you-go car club, concentrating its operations around London and five other UK cities.
• Postprandial somnolence (colloquially "the itis"), a state of drowsiness or lassitude following a meal.
• SIGBTRON's TRON chip machine MCUBE implemented "3B," which is 32-bit and uses an ITRON-specification RTOS (modified from "ItIs") for the microkernel.
• Postprandial somnolence (colloquially known as food coma, after-dinner dip, or "the itis") is a normal state of drowsiness or lassitude following a meal.
• Simek says that the West Germanic term Idisi (Old Saxon idis, Old High German itis, Anglo-Saxon ides) refers to a "dignified, well respected woman (married or unmarried), possibly a term for any woman, and therefore glosses exactly Latin matrona" and that a link to the North Germanic term dísir is reasonable to assume, yet that it is not undisputed.
• Chalceus was previously classified as a member of the family Characidae, and is still listed there by some authorities (like GBIF and ITIS).

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