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atypical
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atypical /atyp·i·cal/ (-i-k'l) irregular; not conformable to the type; in microbiology, applied specifically to strains of unusual type.
a·typ·i·cal (-tp-kl)
adj.
Not corresponding to the normal form or type; not typical.
a·typi·cal·ly adv.
atypical (ātip´ikl),
adj pertaining to deviation from the basic or typical.
atypical
irregular; not conformable to the type.
atypical disease
a form of a disease which differs significantly in clinical signs or pathological lesions from classical or textbook forms of the disease, e.g. bovine atypical interstitial pneumonia.
atypical fever
a fever in which temperature variations are irregular.
atypical mycobacterial granuloma
see opportunist mycobacterial granuloma.
atypical adjective Not normal, irregular, abnormal, not conforming to a type, abnormal in presentation, morphology, appearance or behavior


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