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proposita

UK/prəʊˈpɒzɪtə/US/proʊˈpɑzətə/

proposita noun: the first identified female case of an inherited disease in a family; the proband or index case.

Noun

proposita (plural propositae)

  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.

proposita meaning in Bengali

proposita in Bengali

প্রোব্যান্ড, ইনডেক্স কেস

Forms of proposita

pluralpropositae

Origin of proposita

From propositus (“male proband”) + -a.

Questions about proposita

What does proposita mean?
Proposita means the first identified female case of an inherited disease in a family; the proband or index case.
What is proposita in Bengali?
Proposita in Bengali is প্রোব্যান্ড, ইনডেক্স কেস. See Proposita meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is proposita?
Proposita is a noun.
How do you pronounce proposita?
Proposita is pronounced /prəʊˈpɒzɪtə/ (UK).
What is the plural of proposita?
The plural of proposita is propositae.

Words near proposita in the dictionary

  1. proposes
  2. proposes marriage
  3. proposeth
  4. proposing
  5. proposing marriage
  6. proposita
  7. propositae
  8. propositi
  9. proposition
  10. proposition bet
  11. proposition bets

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Adapted from Wiktionary: proposita (page history and authors); proposita (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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