archetype medical definition

1. An original model or type after which other similar things are patterned.
2. In Jungian psychology, an inherited pattern of thought or symbolic image that is derived from the past collective experience of humanity and is present in the unconscious of the individual. Also called imago.

Related Forms:

• archetypal , arˌche·typˈic , arˌche·typˈi·cal adjective

Related Forms:

• archetypically adverb