adjective
- Relating to or having the characteristics of a family.
- usage: "children of the same familial background"; "familial aggregation"
- Occurring among members of a family usually by heredity.
- usage: "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features"
- synonyms: genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissible
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