nounWord forms: plural-ti (-ˌtaɪ) or feminine -tae (-tiː)
1. law
the person from whom a line of descent is traced
2. Also called (esp US): proband medicine
the first patient to be investigated in a family study, to whom all relationships are referred
Word origin
from New Latin, from Latin prōpōnere to set forth; see propound
Examples of 'proposita' in a sentence
proposita
The proposita was consulted for hypergonadotropic hypogonadism.
Attila Szvetko, Nicole Martin, Chris Joy, Andrea Hayward, Bob Watson, Andrew Cary,Stephen Withers 2012, 'Detection of Chromosome X;18 Breakpoints and Translocation of the Xq22.3;18q23 RegionsResulting in Variable Fertility Phenotypes', Case Reports in Geneticshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/681747. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)