Type B

adjective

Psychology.

1. of or relating to a pattern of behavior characterized by an unhurried, patient, tolerant manner, an ability to relax easily, and amiability, and possibly associated with a decreased risk of heart disease.

2. of or relating to a person who exhibits Type B behavior.

Example Sentences

But the 19-year-old, who had unknowingly contracted meningococcal type B meningitis, died in her sleep in the summer of 2022.

From BBC

But, at the moment, the MenB vaccine – the only protection against type B meningococcal bacteria, which makes up 90% of the meningitis cases in the UK – was only available to children.

From BBC

I have worked in pediatric emergency departments for the past 35 years—since before the innovative conjugate vaccines against streptococcal pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenza type B were licensed in the ’80s and ’90s and introduced into the early-childhood vaccine schedule.

From Slate

"We set out to find antibodies for the type B influenza virus, which continues to be a medical problem, and we were happy to find such especially powerful molecules in our search."

From Science Daily

One of them, the so-called Yamagata-lineage of type B influenza, was struggling to compete before the pandemic and hasn’t been seen since March 2020, said Ian Barr, deputy director of the World Health Organization’s Collaborating Center for Reference and Research on Influenza in Melbourne.

From Seattle Times