proband

Signification (Anglais)

An individual who presents with a genetic disorder or other specific characteristic, when this leads to the genetic investigation of the individual's family.

Synonymes

propositus

Traductions

probando

Étymologie (Anglais)

From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from Latin probandus (“the one to be tested”) (denoting, in this application, the first one tested); By surface analysis, probe + -and.