English Explanatory Dictionary

obligate carrier

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An individual who may be clinically unaffected but who must carry a gene mutation based on analysis of the family history; this usually applies to disorders inherited in an autosomal recessive and X-linked recessive manner.

Word forms

obligate carrier obligate carriers
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