isotype

[ahy-suh-tahyp]

i·so·type

[ahy-suh-tahyp]
noun
1.
a drawing, diagram, or other symbol that represents a specific quantity of or other fact about the thing depicted: Every isotype of a house on that chart represents a thousand new houses.
2.
a statistical graph, chart, diagram, etc., that employs such symbols.
3.
Biology. any of two or more separate populations of the same or a similar type.
4.
Immunology. any antigenic determinant that is common to all individuals in a species.

Origin:
1880–85; iso- + type
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Isotype is always a great word to know.
So is yellow-green algae. Does it mean:
single-celled colonial algae occurring in soil and on moist rocks and vegetation and also as a slime or scum on ponds and stagnant waters
any alteration in the structure of an organism resulting from natural selection, by which the organism becomes more able to survive in its environment
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Medical Dictionary

isotype i·so·type (ī'sə-tīp')
n.
An antigenic marker that occurs in all members of a subclass of an immunoglobulin class.


i'so·typ'ic (-tĭp'ĭk) adj.

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