endophenotype

any hereditary characteristic that is normally associated with some condition but is not a direct symptom of that condition

Noun

  1. any hereditary characteristic that is normally associated with some condition but is not a direct symptom of that condition

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dóm Proto-Hellenic *éndon Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon)der. English endo- English phenotype English endophenotype From endo- + phenotype.

Forms

endophenotypes

Related

exophenotype

Derived

endophenotypic neuroendophenotype