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Definition of Parental

1. Adjective. Designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced.

2. Adjective. Relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent. "Parental guidance"

Definition of Parental

1. a. Of or pertaining to a parent or to parents; as, parental authority; parental obligations.

Definition of Parental

1. Adjective. of or relating to a parent ¹

2. Adjective. (genetics) of the generation of organisms that produce a hybrid ¹

3. Noun. A person fulfilling a parental role. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Parental

1. pertaining to a parent [adj]

Medical Definition of Parental

1. 1. Of or pertaining to a parent or to parents; as, parental authority; parental obligations. 2. Becoming to, or characteristic of, parents; tender; affectionate; devoted; as, parental care. "The careful course and parental provision of nature." (Sir T. Browne) Origin: L. Parentalis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parental

parens parent parent-child relations parent-in-law parent artery parent cell parent companies parent company parent compound parent compounds

parent cyst parent material parent nuclide parentage parentages parental (current term) parental alienation syndrome parental generation parental home parental leave

parental leaves parental love parental quality parental rejection parentally parentals parentation parentations parentcraft parented

Literary usage of Parental

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

1. Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People: A Report of the Surgeon General by M. Joycelyn Elders (1997)
"parental Smoking The research on the influence of parents' smoking behavior on ... (1990) found a consistent relationship between parental and adolescent ..."

2. The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edvard Westermarck (1908)
"The parental feelings originally only last as long as the young are unable to ... As Mr. Fiske observes, " where the infancy is very short, the parental ..."

3. The German Civil Code by Germany (1907)
"If the parental power is terminated in consequence of the death of the child, ... In the case of declaration of death the parental power of the mother ..."

4. The Police Power, Public Policy and Constitutional Rights by Ernst Freund (1904)
"parental right of custody and commitment to reform institutions. — The restraints upon the employment of children are at the same time restraints upon the ..."

5. The Police Power, Public Policy and Constitutional Rights by Ernst Freund (1904)
"parental right of custody and commitment to reform institutions. —The restraints upon the employment of children are at the same time restraints upon the ..."

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