| NOUN | person | immune carrier, carrier | (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others |
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| Meaning | (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others. | |
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| Synonym | carrier | |
| Category | medicine, medical specialty | The branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques |
| Instances | Mallon, Mary Mallon, Typhoid Mary | United States cook who was an immune carrier of typhoid fever and who infected dozens of people (1870-1938) |
| Broader | immune | A person who is immune to a particular infection |
| vector, transmitter | Any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease | |
| Spanish | portadora, portador | |
| Catalan | portadora, portador | |
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