2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

familial

adjective

1: relating to or having the characteristics of a family; "children of the same familial background"; "familial aggregation"

2: tending to occur among members of a family usually by heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features" [syn: {genetic}, {hereditary}, {inherited}, {transmitted}, {transmissible}]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

familial \familial\ adjective

1. relating to or having the characteristics of a family; as, children of the same familial background; familial aggregation. [WordNet 1.5]

2. tending to occur among members of a family, usually by hereditary transmission; familial traits.

Syn: genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissible. [WordNet 1.5]
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