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Genotype

Definitions: Genotype

Genotype

Noun

1. A group of organisms sharing a specific genetic constitution.

2. The particular alleles at specified loci present in an organism.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "genotype" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1991. (references)



Specialty Definitions: Genotype

DomainDefinitions

Avian

The total genetic message found in a cell or an individual (Brown and Gibson 1983:563). (references)

Health

The genetic constitution of the individual; the characterization of the genes. (references)

Medicine

A)the entire genetic construction(expressed or latent)of one individual; b)the genetic construction of an individual as expressed in terms of selected heritable characters; c)the heredity materials considered as a unit. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Genotype

Synonym: genetic constitution (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Genotype

English words defined with "genotype": biotypegenotypic, genotypical. (references)
Specialty definitions using "genotype": breeding valueClineGenetics, BehavioralphenotypesSuppression, GeneticTesticular Feminization. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Genotype

DomainTitle

Books

  • Ace and the Vascular Wall-From Genotype to Therapy: Roche Satellite Symposium, 12th World Congress of Cardiology, Berlin, Germany, September 10, 199 (reference)

  • Aphid-Plant Genotype Interactions (reference)

  • Flowering Time, Climate Genotype (reference)

  • From Genotype to Phenotype (reference)

  • Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease: From Genotype to Phenotype (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Genotype

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

In some cases, predicting enzymatic activity based on the PAH genotype may be possible. (references)

Additional laboratories capable of performing genotype analysis will need to be developed. (references)

It is the product of interactions between genes and between the genotype and the environment. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Genotype

"Genotype" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Genotype" is used about 78 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%7837,656

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Genotype

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "genotype": genotype-phenotype.

Ending with "genotype": phenotype-genotype.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Genotype

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

genotype

55

genotype phenotype

13

1 genotype

5

3 genotype

4

hepatitis c genotype

4

4 genotype

4

2 genotype

3

four genotype

3

genotype two

3

genotype one

3

genotype non one

3

genotype three

3

hcv genotype

2

genotype hiv

2

genotype ppt rhesus

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Genotype

Language Translations for "genotype"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

gjenotip. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏الطراز العرقى. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

генотип. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

基 型 (genotypic, genotypical). (various references)

   

Czech

  

genotyp. (various references)

   

Danish

  

genotype (biotype), arvemasse (biotype, germ plasm, idioplasm), anlaegspraeg. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

genotype (biotype, idiotype), idiotype (idiotype, idiotypic antigen). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

نوع معرف ونماینده یک جنس . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

genotyyppi. (various references)

   

French

  

génotype. (various references)

   

German

  

genotyp, Erbmasse (biotype, hereditary, inheritance), erbgut (ancestral estate, estate, hereditary, heritage, inheritance). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

γονότυπος (idiotype). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

genotípus. (various references)

   

Italian

  

genotipo (biotype, idiotype). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

遺伝子型 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

いで"しがた. (various references)

   

Korean 

  

인자형. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

enotypegay

   

Portuguese

  

genocídio, genótipo (biotype, genre). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

genotip. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

генотип. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

genotip. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

genotipo (idiotype). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

genotyp. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

genotip, kalıtsal yapı. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

генотип. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Genotype

Derivations

Words beginning with "genotype": genotypes. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Genotype" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fenotype, glentype. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Genotype"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "genotype" (pronounced je"nutī'p)
5-n u t ī' pMonotype, phenotype.
4-u t ī' parchetype, ferrotype, prototype, stereotype.
3-t ī' psubtype, tintype.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Genotype

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-g-n-o-p-t-y"

-1 letter: neotype.

-2 letters: peyote, pongee, poteen.

-3 letters: genet, netop, pengo, peony, pogey, teeny, tenge, tepoy, toney, topee, yente, yogee.

-4 letters: eyen, eyne, gene, gent, gone, neep, nope, note, ogee, open, peen, pent, peon, poet, pogy, pone, pong, pony, teen, tone, tong, tony, tope, tyee, tyne, type, typo.

-5 letters: ego, eng, eon, eye, gee, gen, get, gey, got, goy, gyp, nee, net, nog, not, one, ope, opt, pee, peg, pen, pet, pot, pye, tee, teg, ten, toe, tog, ton, top, toy, tye, yen, yep, yet, yon.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-g-n-o-p-t-y"
 

+1 letter: genotypes.

 

+3 letters: polygenetic.

 

+4 letters: phylogenetic, stereotyping.

 

+5 letters: electrotyping, postemergency, psychogenetic.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Genotype


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

47 65 6E 6F 74 79 70 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000111 01100101 01101110 01101111 01110100 01111001 01110000 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#71 &#101 &#110 &#111 &#116 &#121 &#112 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 0065 006E 006F 0074 0079 0070 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4171808186918271

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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