proband

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noun

An individual who presents with a genetic disorder or other specific characteristic, when this leads to the genetic investigation of the individual's family.

OriginLatin probandus →
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Meanings

nounproband (plural probands)

plural probands

  1. biologyAn individual who presents with a genetic disorder or other specific characteristic, when this leads to the genetic investigation of the individual's family.

    The proband was 8 years old and had a dyseidetic pattern, as did his father, who was also tested.

    1992, Helene V. Fatt, Genetics for Primary Eye Care Practitioners, page 82

Origin

  1. Latinprobandus“the one to be tested”
  2. Englishproband

From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from Latin probandus (“the one to be tested”) (denoting, in this application, the first one tested); By surface analysis, probe + -and.

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Translations

Dutch proband
  • probandsubject of genealogy
Latin probandus
  • probandussubject of genealogy
Polish probant, probantka
  • probantsubject of genealogy
  • probantkasubject of genealogy
Swedish proband
  • probandsubject of genealogy
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “proband,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proband.

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