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PROTOTYPIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does prototypic mean?
• PROTOTYPIC (adjective)
The adjective PROTOTYPIC has 1 sense:
1. representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned
Familiarity information: PROTOTYPIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned
Synonyms:
archetypal; archetypical; prototypal; prototypic; prototypical
Context example:
she was the prototypal student activist
Similar:
first (preceding all others in time or space or degree)
Derivation:
prototype (a standard or typical example)
Context examples
NOD1 and NOD2, two prototypic NLRs, sense the cytosolic presence of the bacterial peptidoglycan fragments that escaped from endosomal compartments, driving the activation of NF-kappa-B and MAPK, cytokine production and apoptosis.
(NOD-Like Receptor Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
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