Consanguinity

[,kɒnsæŋ'ɡwɪnɪtɪ] or [,kɑnsæŋ'ɡwɪnəti]

Definition

(noun.) (anthropology) related by blood.

Checker: Selma--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The relation of persons by blood, in distinction from affinity or relation by marriage; blood relationship; as, lineal consanguinity; collateral consanguinity.

Checker: Rosalind

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Relationship (by blood), affinity, kindred.

Typist: Lucinda

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Kindred, blood, lineage

ANT:Disconnection, dissociation

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