Proband

Proband
The family member through whom a family’s medical history comes to light. For example, a proband might be a baby with Down syndrome. The proband may also be called the index case, propositus (if male), or proposita (if female).
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In human genetics, the patient or member of the family that brings a family under study. SYN: index case. [L. probo, to test, prove]

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pro·band 'prō-.band n an individual being studied (as in a genetic investigation): SUBJECT (1) <the \proband had four negative sibs> called also propositus

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n.

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pro·band (proґband) [Ger., from L. probandus “the one to be tested”] an affected person ascertained independently of relatives in a genetic study. Called also propositus.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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