Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun immune_carrier

1 sense of immune carrier

Sense 1
carrier, immune carrier -- ((medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others)
       => immune -- (a person who is immune to a particular infection)
       => vector, transmitter -- (any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease; "mosquitos are vectors of malaria and yellow fever"; "fleas are vectors of the plague"; "aphids are transmitters of plant diseases"; "when medical scientists talk about vectors they are usually talking about insects")