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Definition of familial adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

familial

adjective

NAmE//fəˈmɪlyəl//

[only before noun] (formal)

1related to or typical of a family

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2(medical) (of diseases, conditions, etc.) affecting several members of a family familial left-handedness

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