PROTOTYPICAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prototypical mean? 

• PROTOTYPICAL (adjective)
  The adjective PROTOTYPICAL has 1 sense:

1. representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned

  Familiarity information: PROTOTYPICAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROTOTYPICAL (adjective)

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 

The prototypical GEF is the eukaryotic initiation factor 2b, eIF-2B.

(Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor, NCI Thesaurus)

The HAN (hyperplastic alveolar nodule) is the prototypical Lobuloalveolar lesion.

(LobuloAlveolar Mouse MIN, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

It is the prototypical agonist at nicotinic cholinergic receptors where it dramatically stimulates neurons and ultimately blocks synaptic transmission.

(Nicotine, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

This agent is the prototypical compound for the thiazolidinedione class, and has never been marketed.

(Ciglitazone, NCI Thesaurus)

A short-acting, benzothiadiazinesulfonamide derivative and prototypical thiazide diuretic.

(Chlorothiazide, NCI Thesaurus)

Alfentanil primarily binds to mu-opioid receptor, a G-protein-coupled receptor, thereby mimicking the actions of morphine, the prototypical mu receptor agonist.

(Alfentanil, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride salt from of lidocaine, an aminoethylamide and a prototypical member of the amide class anesthetics.

(Lidocaine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

The object is considered prototypical of young galaxies that emerged during the epoch shortly after the big bang.

(NASA's Great Observatories Team Up to Find Magnified and Stretched Image of Distant Galaxy, NASA)

A qualitative characteristic or quantitative parameter used to provide a reliable and valid estimate of the degree to which patients who were diagnosed with particular condition or disease, match the traditional (prototypical) conception of this disease or condition.

(Diagnostic Accuracy Assessment Criterion, NCI Thesaurus)