obligate carrier

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Definition of obligate carrier in English English dictionary

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

Hyphenation

ob·li·gate car·ri·er

Turkish pronunciation

äblıgeyt käriır

Pronunciation

/ˈäbləˌgāt ˈkarēər/ /ˈɑːbləˌɡeɪt ˈkæriːɜr/