Medical Dictionary
index case
noun
Medical Definition of INDEX CASE
1
: an instance of a disease or a genetically determined condition that is discovered first and leads to the discovery of others in a family or population
2
: index patient <we first examined the index case when he was aged 59 years—Stephanie B. Matthews & Anthony Campbell>
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