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A person can be a carrier of a disease, or dysfunction, without actually having

the disease. For example, a person could be a carrier of hemophilia (extreme bleeding without commensurate cause) but yet would not be a victim of the

bleeding dysfunction. However, this person could indeed pass this dysfunction

along to his/her offspring.

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