phenotype

noun
/ˈfiː.nə(ʊ)ˌtaɪp/UK/ˈfiː.nəˌtaɪp/US

Etymology

From pheno- + -type. (Date to be specified). From Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō, “to shine, to show, to appear”) and Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark, type”).

  1. derived from τύπος — “mark, type

Definitions

  1. The appearance of an organism based on a multifactorial combination of genetic traits and…

    The appearance of an organism based on a multifactorial combination of genetic traits and environmental factors, especially used in pedigrees.

  2. Any observable characteristic of an organism, such as its morphological, developmental,…

    Any observable characteristic of an organism, such as its morphological, developmental, biochemical or physiological properties, or its behavior.

  3. To evaluate or classify based on phenotype.

    • One hundred and sixty-two unrelated healthy Japanese subjects were genotyped with the polymerase chain reaction amplification method and 35 subjects were phenotyped with dextromethorphan.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at phenotype. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at phenotype. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at phenotype

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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