Familial

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  familial \familial\ adj.
     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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  familial
       adj 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}]