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

familial

adjective

/fəˈmɪliəl/

[only before noun]

(formal) related to or typical of a family

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

Word Originearly 20th cent.: from French, from Latin familia ‘family’.

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