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passive carrier

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passive carrier
Etymology: L, passivus + OFr, carier
1 a healthy person whose body carries the causal organisms of an infectious disease although the person has not contracted the disease and remains symptomless.
2 a person who carries a gene associated with a hereditary trait although the trait is not expressed in the person. Also called symptomless carrier.


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