type (tīp) the general or prevailing character of any particular case of disease, person, substance, etc.
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.
wild type (w ld)n. The typical form of an organism, strain, gene, or characteristic as it occurs in nature, as distinguished from mutant forms that may result from selective breeding. |
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.
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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