Look up: familial

1. familial
   [adj] - relating to or having the characteristics of a family 2. [adj] - tending to occur among members of a family usually by heredity
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2. Familial
   A familial condition runs in the family. This is different to an inherited condition, which is one that is definitely passed on by a particular gene. A familial condition shows up more often in a particular family, but not everyone gets it and there is no known single inherited gene.
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3. Familial
   a term describing a disorder or characteristic (such as male pattern baldness) that occurs within a family more often than would be expected
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4. Familial
   Familial is when a non-inherited disease or condition tends to affect more members of the same family, than other families in the general population.
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5. Familial
   Familial: A condition that is tends to occur more often in family members than expected by chance alone. A familial disease may be genetic (such as cystic fibrosis) or environmental (such as tuberculosis).
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6. familial
   1)a degeneration of the cornea first described by Fuchs as an epithelial dystrophy,but later found to be dependent on a prior endothelial dystrophy Category: Medicine
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7. familial
   Occurring in families. An inherited disorder or trait. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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8. familial
   genetic adjective tending to occur among members of a family usually by heredity; `an inherited disease`; `familial traits`; `genetically transmitted features`
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9. familial
   adjective relating to or having the characteristics of a family; `children of the same familial background`; `familial aggregation`
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10. familial
    (fә-mil´e-әl) occurring in or affecting more members of a family than would be expected by chance. The term is often incorrectly equated with genetic.
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11. familial
    Type: Term Pronunciation: fa-mil′ē-ăl Definitions: 1. Affecting more members of the same family than can be accounted for by chance, usually within a single sibship; commonly but incorrectly used to mean genetic.
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12. FAMILIAL
    Running in a family line; occurring in a family line with greater frequency than by chance alone.
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13. Familial
    (album) `Familial` is the debut solo studio album by English musician Philip Selway, best known as the drummer of alternative rock band Radiohead. It was released on 30 August 2010 in the United Kingdom. The album contains ten tracks written by Selway, and collaborations with various m...
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