familial

adjective
🔊/fəˈmɪliəl/
🔊/fəˈmɪliəl/
[only before noun]
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  1. (formal) related to or typical of a family家庭的;家族的
  2. (medical医学) (of diseases, conditions, etc.疾病、情况等) affecting several members of a family家族性的;家庭遗传的
    • familial left-handedness家族遗传的左撇子
  3. Word Originearly 20th cent.: from French, from Latin familia ‘family’.