Meaning of familial

fa•mil•ial

Pronunciation: (fu-mil'yul, -mil'ē-ul), [key]

— adj.

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a family: familial ties.
appearing in individuals by heredity: a familial disease.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

See also:

familial (Thesaurus)

Fameuse familial hypercholesterolemia

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