immune carrier
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1. (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | transmitter, vector, |
| definition | : | any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease (noun.object) |
| hypernym | : | immune, |
| definition | : | a person who is immune to a particular infection (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | mallon, mary mallon, typhoid mary, |
| definition | : | United States cook who was an immune carrier of typhoid fever and who infected dozens of people (1870-1938) (noun.person) |
| domain category | : | medical specialty, medicine, |
| definition | : | the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | carry, |
| definition | : | have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence (verb.stative) |
| derivation | : | carry, |
| definition | : | have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence (verb.stative) |
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