proposita
English edit
Noun edit
proposita (plural propositae)
- The first identified female case of an inherited disease in a family; the proband or index case.
- The proposita was an elderly woman who passed on the disorder to three of her four children and 9 of 14 grandchildren.
Coordinate terms edit
- propositus (male)
Latin edit
Participle edit
prōposita
- inflection of prōpositus:
References edit
- proposita in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)