patient zero (English, noun)
expansion: patient zero (plural patient zeros or patient zeroes or patients zero)
Senses:
topics: epidemiology
medicine
sciences
glosses: The initial patient in the population of an epidemiological investigation.
glosses: The source or origin of something.
tags: figuratively
informal
Forms:
form: patient zeros
tags: plural
form: patient zeroes
tags: plural
form: patients zero
tags: plural
form: patient 0
tags: alternative