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familial, a.|fəˈmɪlɪəl|
[a. F. familial, f. L. familia family + -al.]
a. Med. Occurring among members of a family, hereditary.
1900Gould Pocket Med. Dict. (ed. 4) 249 Familial, pertaining to a family. 1903Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. July–Oct. 100 The chronic constitutional type, said to be to a large extent familial. 1910Practitioner June 809 It is a familial defect rather than an acquired disease. 1925H. Cushing Osler I. 432 Instances in which the disease [sc. Angina Pectoris] has shown hereditary or familial tendencies. 1964S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 14) xviii. 259 A somewhat similar macular degeneration beginning between the ages of twelve and fourteen is seen as a rare familial disease (Stargardt's Disease). 1971Nature 14 May 97/1 Such particles were readily detected in the milk of 60% of American women with a familial history of breast cancer.
b. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a family.
1903E. C. Parsons tr. Tarde's Laws of Imitation vii. 252 The essentially familial character which this people [sc. the Chinese] has retained. 1907Daily Chron. 6 June 4/4 The parental or familial attitude towards education. 1919Conrad Arrow of Gold iv. ii. 163 A remote ideal which yet may belong to his familial tradition. 1929M. Josephson Zola pl. facing 492 A Familial Scene in the Garden of Zola's English Retreat. 1953J. B. Carroll Study of Lang. ii. 62 A technique for inferring, from statistical comparisons of language systems, estimates..of their probable familial relationships. 1957V. W. Turner Schism & Continuity in Afr. Society viii. 238 The kinship basis of a village..represents a compromise between familial and lineal principles of organization.
Hence faˈmilially adv., in a familial manner.
1953J. B. Carroll Study of Lang. ii. 25 Features of languages can be studied comparatively, whether these languages are familially related or not. |