biotype
noun
bio·type
ˈbī-ō-ˌtīp 
: the organisms sharing a specified genotype
also
: the genotype shared or its distinguishing peculiarity
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The six biotypes of depression the authors found include one characterized by hyperactivity in cognitive regions, which was associated with more anxiety, negative bias, threat dysregulation and anhedonia than other biotypes.
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Kristen Rogers, CNN, 20 June 2024
Those with this biotype also made errors in executive function tests but did do well on cognitive tasks.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 20 June 2024
Blackbird’s biotypes are clusters of individuals in its database with similar characteristics.
—Seth Joseph, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
The same can be said for feline enteric coronavirus, which when passaged multiple times, results in furin cleavage mutations that correlate with transformation to a more pathogenic biotype.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
Others may have a biotype of negative bias, which is a tendency to look at the future in dark terms, as though everything is going to go wrong.
—Marianne Schnall, Forbes, 26 May 2021
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Kristen Rogers, CNN, 20 June 2024
Those with this biotype also made errors in executive function tests but did do well on cognitive tasks.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 20 June 2024
Blackbird’s biotypes are clusters of individuals in its database with similar characteristics.
—Seth Joseph, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
The same can be said for feline enteric coronavirus, which when passaged multiple times, results in furin cleavage mutations that correlate with transformation to a more pathogenic biotype.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
Others may have a biotype of negative bias, which is a tendency to look at the future in dark terms, as though everything is going to go wrong.
—Marianne Schnall, Forbes, 26 May 2021
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biotype
noun
bio·type
-ˌtīp
: the organisms sharing a specified genotype
also
: the genotype shared or its distinguishing peculiarity
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