endotype
endotype noun: a subtype of a pathological condition.
Noun
endotype (plural endotypes)
- A subtype of a pathological condition
- The phenotype is useful in treatment planning while the endotype provides insight in pathophysiological mechanisms of CRS. Therefore, investigations of the pathogenesis and the factors amplifying mucosal inflammation are therefore, of crucial importance for the development of new diagnostic and...2015 August 15, Thanit Chalermwatanachai, Nan Zhang, Gabriele Holtappels, Claus Bachert, “Association of Mucosal Organisms with Patterns of Inflammation in Chronic Rhinosinusitis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI...
- T2Rs are a novel target for asthma, CRS, and AD treatment independent of the inflammatory profile (type 2 or non–type 2) and could be the perfect example of a smart drug design starting from the endotype and theratype and extending through the drug development program. […] In the future, many new...2019 April, Ioana Agache, Cezmi A. Akdis, “Precision medicine and phenotypes, endotypes, genotypes, regiotypes, and theratypes of allergic diseases”, in Journal of Clinical Investigation, volume 129...
Forms of endotype
| plural | endotypes |
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Origin of endotype
From endo- + type.
Questions about endotype
- What does endotype mean?
- Endotype means a subtype of a pathological condition.
- What part of speech is endotype?
- Endotype is a noun.
- What is the plural of endotype?
- The plural of endotype is endotypes.
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