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obligate carrier

obligate carrier noun: 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.

Noun

obligate carrier (plural obligate carriers)

  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.

Forms of obligate carrier

pluralobligate carriers

Questions about obligate carrier

What does obligate carrier mean?
Obligate carrier means 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.
What part of speech is obligate carrier?
Obligate carrier is a noun.
What is the plural of obligate carrier?
The plural of obligate carrier is obligate carriers.

Words near obligate carrier in the dictionary

  1. obligancy
  2. obligant
  3. obligants
  4. obligata
  5. obligate
  6. obligate carrier
  7. obligate carriers
  8. obligated
  9. obligatedly
  10. obligatee
  11. obligatees

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