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ho·tis test \ˈhōd.ə̇s-\ noun Usage: usually capitalized H Etymology: after R. P. Hotis died 1935 American agricultural marketing specialist : a test for the presence of the common streptococcus of bovine mastitis in milk made by incubating a sample of milk with the aniline dye bromcresol purple, the appearance of yellow patches or coloration being indicative of the presence of the organism |