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Noun: cognation  kóg'ney-shun
  1. Line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family
    - matrilineage, enation
     
  2. (anthropology) the condition of being related by blood
    - consanguinity, blood kinship

Derived forms: cognations

Type of: family relationship, kinship, relationship, unilateral descent

Antonym: affinity

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