Propositus

noun

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Noun
  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."

  2. 2
    the person immediately affected by or concerned with an action wordnet

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

Etymology

From Latin propositus.

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