carrier
[ kar-ee-er ]
/ ˈkær i ər /
noun
OTHER WORDS FROM carrier
in·ter·car·ri·er, noun non·car·ri·er, noun su·per·car·ri·er, nounWords nearby carrier
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British Dictionary definitions for carrier (1 of 2)
carrier
/ (ˈkærɪə) /
noun
British Dictionary definitions for carrier (2 of 2)
Carrier
/ (ˈkærɪə) /
noun
a member of an Athapaskan Native North American people of British Columbia
Medical definitions for carrier
carrier
[ kăr′ē-ər ]
n.
A person or an animal that shows no symptoms of a disease but harbors the infectious agent of that disease and is capable of transmitting it to others.
A compound capable of transferring a hydrogen atom from one compound to another.
A quantity of naturally occurring element added to a minute amount of pure isotope, especially a radioactive one, to facilitate the chemical handling of the isotope.
An individual that carries, but does not express, a gene for a particular recessive trait, yet when mated with another carrier, can produce offspring that do.
Scientific definitions for carrier
carrier
[ kăr′ē-ər ]
A person, animal, or plant that serves as a host for a pathogen and can transmit it to others, but is immune to it. Mosquitoes are carriers of malaria.
An organism that carries a gene for a trait but does not show the trait itself. Carriers can produce offspring that express the trait by mating with another carrier of the same gene. See more at recessive.