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propositus

UK/prəʊˈpɒzɪtəs/US/proʊˈpɑzətəs/

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

Noun

propositus (plural propositi)

  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.

propositus meaning in Tamil and Bengali

propositus in Tamil

கொடிவழி முன்னவர்

propositus in Bengali

প্রোব্যান্ড, ইনডেক্স কেস

Forms of propositus

pluralpropositi

Origin of propositus

Borrowed from Latin prōpositus.

Words formed from propositus

Questions about propositus

What does propositus mean?
Propositus means the first identified male case of an inherited disease in a family; the proband or index case.
What is propositus in Tamil?
Propositus in Tamil is கொடிவழி முன்னவர். See Propositus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is propositus?
Propositus is a noun.
How do you pronounce propositus?
Propositus is pronounced /prəʊˈpɒzɪtəs/ (UK).
What is the plural of propositus?
The plural of propositus is propositi.

Words near propositus in the dictionary

  1. propositionizes
  2. propositionizing
  3. propositionless
  4. propositions
  5. propositive
  6. propositus
  7. proposituses
  8. propound
  9. propounded
  10. propounder
  11. propounders

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Adapted from Wiktionary: propositus (page history and authors); propositus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); propositus (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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