Proposita

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  1. 1
    The first identified female case of an inherited disease in a family; the proband or index case.

    "The proposita was an elderly woman who passed on the disorder to three of her four children and 9 of 14 grandchildren."

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"The proposita was an elderly woman who passed on the disorder to three of her four children and 9 of 14 grandchildren."

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