Medical Dictionary:

manifesting heterozygote

('ə-fĕs'tĭng)
n.

An organism heterozygous for what is ordinarily a recessive condition and, as a result of special mechanisms, such as Lyonization, with phenotypic manifestations. Also called manifesting carrier.

 
 
 

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