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Definition of familial adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

familial

adjective
 
/fəˈmɪliəl/
 
/fəˈmɪliəl/
[only before noun]
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  1. (formal) related to or typical of a family
  2. (medical) (of diseases, conditions, etc.) affecting several members of a family
    • familial left-handedness
    3. Word Originearly 20th cent.: from French, from Latin familia ‘family’.
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