propositus

[医] 渊源人, 基人, 先证者(指某一疾病的最早罹患的人)

词形变化

propositi 复数 propositi proposituses

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The first identified male case of an inherited disease in a family; the proband or index case.

    The propositus was an elderly man who passed on the disorder to three of his four children and 9 of 14 grandchildren.

词汇关系

词源

From Latin propositus.

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