index patient

noun

plural index patients

Definition of index patient

: an individual affected with the first known case of an infectious disease or genetically transmitted condition or mutation in a population, region, or family : index case sense 2

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index patient

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Medical Definition of index patient

: an individual affected with the first known case of an infectious disease or genetically transmitted condition or mutation in a population, region, or family : index case sense 2

— called also index case-patient