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