type (redirected from Mating type)

type (tip) the general or prevailing character of any particular case of disease, person, substance, etc.

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blood type  see blood group.

constitutional type  a constellation of traits related to body build.

mating type  in ciliate protozoa, certain bacteria, and certain fungi, the equivalent of a sex.

phage type  an intraspecies type of bacterium demonstrated by phage typing.

wild type  in genetics, the standard phenotype for any experimental organism; also a gene that determines a standard phenotypic trait.

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type (tp)

n.

1. A number of people or things having in common traits or characteristics that distinguish them as a group or class.

2. The general character or structure held in common by a number of people or things considered as a group or class.

3. A person or thing having the features of a group or class.

4. An example or a model having the ideal features of a group or class.

5. A taxonomic group, especially a genus or species, chosen as the representative example in characterizing the larger taxonomic group to which it belongs.

6. The specimen on which the original description and naming of a taxon is based.

v.

To determine the antigenic characteristics of a blood or tissue sample.

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type

1. the general or prevailing character of any particular case of disease, microorganism, person, substance, etc.

2. to determine or assign a character or category.

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blood t's

see blood group.

type I to type IV hypersensitivity

see hypersensitivity.

type 1 muscle fiber

slow twitch muscle fiber.

type 2 muscle fiber

fast twitch muscle fiber.

wild type

the normal or naturally occurring phenotype of an organism.

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type A simple way of classifying practically anything is to divide it into 2 or more 'types'; in general, typing keeps the number of subgroups to a minimum, while satisfying those with obsessive-compulsive neuroses who are driven to classify diseases, objects, people and mechanisms