obligate carrier (English, noun)
expansion: obligate carrier (plural obligate carriers)
Senses:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
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glosses: An individual who may be clinically unaffected but who must carry a gene mutation based on analysis of the family history; this usually applies to disorders inherited in an autosomal recessive and X-linked recessive manner.
Forms:
form: obligate carriers
tags: plural