Family: (1) A group of two or more people united by blood, adoptive, or marital ties, or the common law equivalent. (2) In biologic classification, a taxonomic grouping at the level intermediate between the order and the tribe or genus. (3) A group of substances closely related structurally. (4) A group of proteins with characteristic sequence, pharmacologic, and/or signaling profiles. [L. familia]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Family: group of individuals related by blood or marriage or other arrangements, including parents or parent substitutes and children, however, the specific members differ from culture to culture.
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Family: A social group consisting of parents or parent substitutes and children.
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