primary type
Americannoun
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The researchers first conducted a series of experiments on keratinocytes from mice, which are the primary type of cells found in the skin.
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2024
Mental health counseling is the primary type of care offered to transgender children before puberty.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2022
For months, backyard travel — staycations on a longer leash — has been the primary type of tourism.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2021
Neurons are the primary type of cell that most anyone associates with the nervous system.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Some cool period forced the mainland populations of the two species into two refugia—peninsular Florida and eastern México—and the present area of intergradation is, therefore, of a secondary rather than a primary type.
From North American Yellow Bats, 'Dasypterus,' And a List of the Named Kinds Of the Genus Lasiurus Gray by E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond) Hall
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