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Definition: Atypical |
AtypicalAdjective1. Deviating from or not conforming to type; "atypical behavior..not the accepted type of response that we expect from children"- G.E.Gardner. 2. Deviating from what is usual or common or to be expected; often somewhat odd or strange; "these days large families are atypical"; "highly irregular behavior". 3. Not conforming to type; "showed atypical agility". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Education | Others use the term "exceptional" when they refer to any -- or deviant child. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | Irregular; not conformable to the type; in microbiology, applied specifically to strains of unusual type. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: AtypicalSynonyms: irregular (adj), untypical (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: typical (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Atypical |
| English words defined with "atypical": Atypic ♦ genus Sphagnum ♦ ornithosis ♦ parrot fever, psittacosis ♦ unrepresentative. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "atypical": Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic ♦ BRL 26830A ♦ Chlamydophila pneumoniae, Clozapine, Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease ♦ familial dysplastic nevi ♦ income-tax-return preparer ♦ Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute, Lymphomatoid Papulosis ♦ modified mean, Mycobacteria, Atypical, Mycobacterium Infections, Atypical, Mycoplasma pneumoniae ♦ Paraproteins, Pyroglobulins ♦ Risperidone ♦ tax form preparer, TAX PREPARER. (references) |
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 | Entamoeba histolytica trophozoite showing atypical nucleus with uneven peripheral chromatin. Parasite, ameba. Credit: CDC. |  | Atypical egg of Trichuris trichiura. Parasite. Credit: CDC. |
 | A small atypical darkfield-positive chancre of the glans. A chancre is a primary skin lesion of syphilis which begins at the site of infection after an interval of 10-30 days as a papule or red ulcerated skin lesion. Credit: CDC. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Baseline photographs may be useful in following atypical moles. (references) | |
Atypical cases account for about 15 percent of the total number of diagnosed cases. (references) | ||
The familial atypical mole and melanoma syndrome (FAM-M) is clinically recognizable. (references) | ||
Economic History | Mexico | In 1999, Mexico had an atypical year regarding high local production in order to satisfy the domestic government's elevated demand for low-tech security products. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Atypical" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Atypical" is used about 144 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 144 | 26,339 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "atypical": Atypical Bacterial Forms ♦ atypical employment ♦ atypical hyperplasia ♦ atypical pneumonia ♦ atypical work ♦ primary atypical pneumonia. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "atypical"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | jotipik, jo karakteristik (extrinsic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | غير قياسي (irregular), شاذ (aberrant, anomalous, bastard, bizarre, eccentric, erratic, exotic, extraordinary, extravagant, far fetched, freak, intriguing, irregular, monstrous, moonstruck, odd, off beat, outlandish, preternatural, prodigious, queer, rogue, scatty, singular, stupendous, thumping, wild). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | нетипичен (unrepresentative), атипичен. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 非典型. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | netypický, neobvyklý (anomalous, intriguing, off beat, out of the way, uncommon, uncustomary, undue, unfamiliar, unnatural, unusual). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | atypisk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | atypisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | غیرمعمولی (Irregular), بیقاعده (Foul, Promiscuous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | atyyppisen mykobakteerin aiheuttama aivotulehdus (encephalitis of atypical mycobacteria), atyyppinen mykobakteeri (atypical mycobacteria), epätyypillinen työ (atypical employment, atypical work), epätyypillinen sopimus (atypical contract), epätyypillinen laaja-alainen kehityshäiriö (atypical pervasive developmental disorder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | atypique (atypic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | atypisch (atypic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | παράτυποσ (against the rules, irregular, unconventional), άτυποσ (informal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לא טיפוסי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | rendellenes (abnormal, anomalous, displacement, irregular, perverse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tak normal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | atipico (atypic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 불규칙한 (irregular). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | atypicalay atípico, atípico, irregular (bumpy, catchy, crenelated, disorderly, erratic, fitful, inequable, informal, inordinate, irregular, jaggy, jerky, joggly, jolty, knockabout, lacerated, lawless, occasional, ragged, rough, scratchy, snatchy, spotty, unequable, unequal, uneven, wayward). (various references) нетипичный (uncharacteristic, unrepresentative), атипический. (various references) atipičan, netipičan. (various references) atípico. (various references) atypiskt avtal (atypical contract), atypiskt arbete (atypical employment, atypical work), atypiska mykobakterier (atypical mycobacteria), atypisk mykobakteriell encefalit (encephalitis of atypical mycobacteria). (various references) ผิ"พวก. (various references) alışılmamış (unaccustomed, uncommon, unfamiliar, unwonted), tipik olmayan. (various references) нетиповий (indistinctive). (various references) không điển hình, không đúng kiểu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "atypical": atypicalities, atypicality, atypically. (additional references) | |
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"Atypical" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: atopical, Atyiah, atypic, Atypidae. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "atypical" (pronounced āti"pikul) |
| 7 | -t i" p i k u l | prototypical, stereotypical, untypical. |
| 5 | -p i k u l | semitropical, topical, tropical. |
| 4 | -i k u l | acoustical, alphabetical, analytical, antithetical, apolitical, archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, autobiographical, bicycle, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, categorical, cervical, chronological, classical, comical, conical, critical, cubicle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, dermatological, diabolical, dialectical, ecclesiastical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, elliptical, empirical, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, fanatical, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, geopolitical, graphical, gynecological, helical, heretical, historical, hypercritical, hypocritical, hysterical, icicle, identical, ideological, illogical, immunological, inimical, ironical, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, logical, logistical, lyrical, magical, mathematical, mechanical, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, morphological, musical, mystical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nonelectrical, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, ontological, optical, ornithological, paradoxical, pathological, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, physical, physiological, popsicle, preclinical, problematical, psychical, psychological, puritanical, rabbinical, radiological, rhetorical, sabbatical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, serological, sociological, spherical, statistical, strategical, surgical, symmetrical, tactical, technical, technological, teleological, testicle, theatrical, theological, theoretical, toxicological, tricycle, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uncritical, uneconomical, unethical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, virological, whimsical, zoological. |
| 3 | -k u l | aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, anarchical, anatomical, ankle, anthropological, article, barnacle, biblical, bifocal, biochemical, brickle, buckle, cackle, chemical, Chronicle, chuckle, circle, clavicle, clerical, clinical, commonsensical, coracle, cortical, crackle, cuticle, cycle, debacle, diacritical, domical, ducal, encircle, epochal, equivocal, etymological, farcical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, follicle, freckle, geophysical, gonococcal, grackle, grammatical, granduncle, hackle, heckle, heterocercal, hierarchical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypothetical, impractical, jackal, knuckle, local, maniacal, matriarchal, medical, meikle, meteorological, methodical, Mickle, miracle, monocle, motorcycle, muckle, mythical, nautical, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, numerical, obstacle, Oracle, oratorical, particle, patriarchal, photochemical, pickle, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, practical, pumpernickel, quizzical, radical, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, receptacle, reciprocal, recycle, ruckle, runkle, satirical, shackle, shekel, sickle, skeptical, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spectacle, sprinkle, stickle, suckle, tabernacle, tackle, tentacle, tickle, tinkle, trickle, twinkle, typical, uncle, unequivocal, unicycle, unshackle, vocal, Winkle, wrinkle. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-l-p-t-y" | |
-1 letter: capital, playact, typical. | |
-2 letters: apical, atypic, capita. | |
-3 letters: aliya, aptly, clapt, clipt, laity, lytic, patly, pical, plait, platy, playa, plica, tical, typal, typic. | |
-4 letters: acta, acyl, alit, atap, city, clap, clay, clip, clit, lacy, laic, lati, lipa, paca, pact, pail, paly, paty, pial, pica, pily, pita, pity, plat, play, pyic, tail, tala, talc, tali. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-l-p-t-y" | |
+1 letter: capitally, paralytic. | |
+2 letters: atypically, capability, capitulary, nyctalopia, paralytics, phatically, playacting. | |
+3 letters: aphetically, apocalyptic, applicatory, aseptically, atypicality, capillarity, coplanarity, nyctalopias, packability, parfocality, piratically, placability, placatingly, plastically, playactings, practicably, practically, spastically. | |
+4 letters: anaphylactic, apocalyptism, apocalyptist, apolitically, archetypical, bathypelagic, capacitively, empathically, emphatically, hypothalamic, incapability, metaphysical, operatically, particularly, pathetically, pedantically, plastocyanin, platonically, practicality, synaptically. | |
+5 letters: acceptability, allotypically, anaphylactoid, apathetically, apocalyptical, apocalyptisms, apocalyptists, apodictically, apomictically, applicability, applicatively, astrophysical, atypicalities, comparability, comparatively, complaisantly, cryptanalysis, cryptanalytic, implacability, impracticably, impractically, lymphatically, paralytically, parasitically, participially, particularity, patriotically, pianistically, plastocyanins, pneumatically, postcranially, pragmatically, prismatically, puritanically, sympatrically, typographical, ultraphysical. | |
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