Proband
noun, Genetics.
1.
a patient who is the initial member of a family to come under study.
noun
1.
another name (esp US) for propositus (sense 2)
proband pro·band (prō’bānd’)
n.
An individual or member of a family being studied in a genetic investigation. Also called index case, propositus.
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