Patient-zero Definition
noun
The initial patient in the population of an epidemiological investigation.
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Noun
Singular:
patient-zero
Plural:
patient zeros, patient zeroesOrigin of Patient-zero
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Originally patient O (standing for out of California), referring to Gaëtan Dugas, a superspreader of AIDS. The letter O was later misinterpreted as a zero.
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