Medical Term:
archetype
Pronunciation: ar′kĕ-tīp
Definition:
- A primitive structural plan from which various modifications have evolved.
- In jungian psychology, the structural unit of the collective unconscious each of which is available to all.
Synonym(s): imago2
[G. archetypos, pattern, model, fr. archē, beginning, + typtō, to stamp out]
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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.
