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Adjective: familial  fu'mil-yul or fu'mi-lee-ul [N. Amer], fu'mi-lee-ul [Brit]
  1. Occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
    "familial traits";
    - genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissible
     
  2. Relating to or having the characteristics of a family
    "children of the same familial background"; "familial aggregation"

See also: heritable, inheritable

Encyclopedia: Familial

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