CARRIER


Meaning of CARRIER in English

■ noun

1》 a person or thing that carries, holds, or conveys something.

2》 a person or company that undertakes the professional conveyance of goods or people.

3》 a person or animal that transmits a disease-causing organism to others, especially without suffering from it themselves.

↘ Genetics an individual possessing a particular gene, especially as a single copy whose effect is masked by a dominant allele, so that the associated characteristic is not displayed but may be passed to offspring.

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