From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Familyfamilialfa‧mil‧i‧al /fəˈmɪliəl/ adjective [only before noun] formalSSFconnected with a family or typical of a familySYN family, → family
familial obligations
familial relationshipsExamples from the Corpusfamilial• Although these disorders are transmissible, 15% of cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease are familial and Gerstmann-Sträussler syndrome is usually familial.• Secondly, familial cases have sometimes shown a lowerage at onset than sporadic cases, which is consistent with aetiological heterogeneity.• They are often keenly aware of the familialconflict that this produces.• This is a rarefamilial disorder in which conjugated bilirubin levels are increased due to defectiveexcretion of bilirubin in the bile.• Lackingfamilialmotivation and psychologicalstability, he can not persist responsibly at work even when he can find it.• Peters, like his familialnamesake, was a hoper.• A familialpattern is not uncommon, , and inheritance appears to be polygenic.• The disorder has no familialtendency.
