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Definition of Consanguineous
1. Adjective. Related by blood.
Similar to: Related
Derivative terms: Cognate, Consanguinity, Kin, Kin
Definition of Consanguineous
1. a. Of the same blood; related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor.
Definition of Consanguineous
1. Adjective. Related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Consanguineous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Consanguineous
1. A relationship that share a common bloodline, descent from a common ancestor. (27 Sep 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Consanguineous
Literary usage of Consanguineous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1917)
"The Classical Example of consanguineous Marriage The Ptolemies, who ruled Egypt
for several centuries, wanted to keep the throne in the family, ..."
2. Marriages of the Deaf in America: An Inquiry Concerning the Results of by Edward Allen Fay (1898)
"Whatever theory may be held as to the cause of the large percentage of deaf
children born from consanguineous marriages in general—a subject that does not ..."
3. The History of Human Marriage by Edward Westermarck (1901)
"... close intermarrying, though continued for a long time, has been followed by
no bad consequences, this would be no evidence that consanguineous marriages ..."
4. Sexual problems of to-day by William Josephus Robinson (1919)
"When we examine the question historically, we find that the ancients had no such
dread of consanguineous marriages as we have now. ..."
5. The Half-yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences: Being a Digest of British edited by William Harcourt Ranking, Charles Bland Radcliffe, William Dommett Stone (1861)
"On consanguineous Marriages. (American Med. Times, March 23, 1861.) A committee
of the New York Sanitary Association has for some time been engaged in an ..."
6. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1891)
"consanguineous MARRIAGES. The JV. y. Medical Record summarises a paper on this
subjest contributed by Dre. Louis and Gustavo Lancry to L'Union Medicate (No. ..."
7. The Marriage of Near Kin Considered with Respect to the Laws of Nations, the by Alfred Henry Huth (1887)
"If, however, we had all these deaf-mutes together in an asylum, and inquired into
their parentage, consanguineous marriage generally would appear to produce ..."
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