character
The definitions used in this glossary of terminology either have been provided by the authors of the articles, or have been extracted wholly or in part, or paraphrased from the following sources: The American Medical Association Encyclopedia of Medicine, Charles B. Clayman, MD, Medical Editor, Random House, New York, 1989; Biotechnology from A to Z, 2d Edition, William Bains, Oxford University Press, New York, New York, 2002; A Dictionary of Genetics, 6th Edition, Robert C. King and William D. Stansfield, Oxford University Press, New York, New York, 2002; Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 29th and 30th Editions, W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 2000, 2003; Genes VII, Benjamin Lewin, Oxford University Press, New York, New York, 2000; The Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, Volumes I and II, Stacey L. Blachford, Ed., Thomson Learning, New York, New York, 2002; The Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, Inc., Springfield, Massachusetts, 1997; Molecular Biology of the Cell, 3rd Edition, Bruce Alberts, et al., Garland Publishing, 1994; The Random House Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged Edition, 1966; Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, 1991.
DEFINITION:
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1. The aggregate of features and traits that form the apparent individual nature of some person or thing.
2. One such feature or trait; characteristic.
3. A quality or attribute indicative of the nature of an object or organism.
4. In genetics, any trait, function, structure, or substance of an organism resulting from the effect of one or more genes as modified by the environment.
5. In genetics, the expression in the phenotype of a gene or group of genes.
6. Moral or ethical quality.
7. Qualities of honesty, courage, or the like; integrity.
8. Reputation.
9. Good repute.
10. An account of the qualities or peculiarities of a person or thing.
11. In psychiatry, a term used, especially in the psychoanalytic literature, in much the same way as personality, particularly for those personality traits that are shaped by the experiences and developmental processes.
12. A significant visual mark or symbol.
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