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Definition of Familial

1. Adjective. Relating to or having the characteristics of a family. "Familial aggregation"

2. Adjective. Occurring among members of a family usually by heredity. "Genetically transmitted features"

Definition of Familial

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to family. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Familial

1. pertaining to a family [adj] - See also: family

Medical Definition of Familial

1. Occurring in families. An inherited disorder or trait. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Familial

fam trip fam trips famatinite famble fambles famblies fambly fame famed fameless

famelic fames famil familar familial (current term) familial Mediterranean fever familial adenomatous polyposis familial aggregation familial amyloid neuropathy familial amyloidosis

familial aortic ectasia familial aortic ectasia syndrome familial bipolar mood disorder familial breast cancer familial cancer familial chylomicronemia syndrome familial combined hyperlipemia familial combined hyperlipidaemia

Literary usage of Familial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Modern Treatment of Nervous and Mental Diseases by William Alanson White, Smith Ely Jelliffe (1913)
"Sensory Syndrome, including familial papillary atrophy; essential familial atrophy of the optic nerve; Daltonism or familial ..."

2. Drug Abuse Prevention Through Family Interventions edited by Rebecca S. Ashery, Elizabeth B. Robertson, Karol L. Kumpfer (2000)
"This chapter focuses on the role of familial factors in the etiology of substance abuse. CURRENT KNOWLEDGE ON THE ROLE OF familial FACTORS IN THE ETIOLOGY ..."

3. The Polish Peasant in Europe and America; Monograph of an Immigrant Group by William Isaac Thomas, Florian Znaniecki (1918)
"INDIVIDUAL LETTERS AND FRAGMENTS OF LETTERS SHOWING THE DISSOLUTION OF familial SOLIDARITY The dissolution of familial solidarity is not always due ..."

4. Second Report of the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of ...by Scott M. Grundy by Scott M. Grundy (1997)
"Mevinolin and colestipol stimulate receptor- mediated clearance of low density lipoprotein from plasma in familial hypercholesterolemia hétérozygotes. ..."

5. The Evolution of Marriage and of the Family by Charles Jean Marie Letourneau (1895)
"I. 7he familial Clan ami the Family properly so-called. ... The familial form which first emerged from this primitive clan was most often a matrimonial ..."

6. The Kingdom of Evils: Psychiatric Social Work Presented in One Hundred Case by Elmer Ernest Southard, Mary Cromwell Jarrett (1922)
"... familial syphilis. Routine examination of wife and children : positive blood test in all. No other indications of syphilis: source of infection unknown. ..."

7. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"(a) familial Spinocerebellar Ataxia (Friedreich's Disease, Hereditary Ataxia} This is a rare family disease, the onset, in affected persons, occurring in ..."

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