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obligate carriers

obligate carriers is the plural of obligate carrier.

Meaning of obligate carrier

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.

Questions about obligate carriers

What is obligate carriers the plural of?
Obligate carriers is the plural of obligate carrier.

Words near obligate carriers in the dictionary

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

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