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TYPICAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing
Example:
that is typical of you!
Synonyms:
distinctive; typical
Classified under:
Similar:
characteristic (typical or distinctive)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Conforming to a type
Example:
typical teenage behavior
Classified under:
Similar:
normal (conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal)
Derivation:
typicality (the state of being that is typical)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category
Example:
a typical case of arteritis
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
emblematic; exemplary; typic (being or serving as an illustration of a type)
representative (serving to represent or typify)
regular; veritable (often used as intensifiers)
true (conforming to definitive criteria)
classic (of a well-known type; remarkably typical)
Also:
characteristic (typical or distinctive)
Attribute:
typicality (the state of being that is typical)
Antonym:
atypical (not representative of a group, class, or type)
Derivation:
typicality (the state of being that is typical)
Context examples:
It is marked by the presence of a type of cell called a popcorn cell, which is different from the typical Reed-Sternberg cell found in classical Hodgkin lymphoma.
(Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma, NCI Dictionary)
A pheochromocytoma occurring in the adrenal gland (which is the typical site of pheochromocytomas). — 2004
(Adrenal Gland Pheochromocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Antazoline antagonizes histamine H1 receptor and prevents the typical allergic symptoms caused by histamine activities on capillaries, skin, mucous membranes, and gastrointestinal and bronchial smooth muscles.
(Antazoline, NCI Thesaurus)
Reported values outside the typical or expected range.
(Abnormal Reference Range, NCI Thesaurus)
Their morphology varies from typical acinar pattern formation to more palisade-like structures to poorly differentiated neoplasms consisting of small hyperchromatic cells with minimal cytoplasm.
(Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Mouse Pulmonary System, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
My dream was very peculiar, and was almost typical of the way that waking thoughts become merged in, or continued in, dreams.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Natural, unprocessed cranberries contain anthocyanidins, which prevent Escherichia coli, the typical cause urinary tract infections, from attaching to the urinary tract wall.
(Cranberry, NCI Thesaurus)
A morphologic finding indicating the presence of typical or atypical proliferation of biliary epithelial cells in the portal tracts of the liver.
(Ductal or Ductular Proliferation, NCI Thesaurus)
Antazoline antagonizes histamine H1 receptor and prevents the typical allergic symptoms caused by histamine activities on capillaries, skin, mucous membranes, gastrointestinal and bronchial smooth muscles.
(Antazoline Phosphate, NCI Thesaurus)
Researchers realized that genes weren’t protecting them, because those who moved away from the Kuna islands developed high blood pressure and heart disease at typical rates.
(Can Chocolate Really Be Good for You?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
