familial

[fuh-mil-yuh l, -mil-ee-uh l] /fəˈmɪl yəl, -ˈmɪl i əl/

adjective

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a family:

familial ties.

appearing in individuals by heredity:

a familial disease.

Origin

1895-1900; < French; see family, -al¹

Related forms

interfamilial, adjective

nonfamilial, adjective

Examples from the web for familial

familial tremor is an involuntary shaking movement that tends to run in families.
Previous studies also had not looked at differences between various familial connections, he says.
She belongs to a family carrying the gene for fatal familial insomnia.
But there appears to be a familial link in the vast majority of my acquaintances.
These are offered, not as heavy-handed lessons, but rather as prompts for familial discussion.
Many questions about fatal familial insomnia remain.
The opportunities that academic success offers are generally individual, rather than familial.
Parents tend to be more protective of their daughters than their sons because the familial costs of pregnancy are higher.
Find out the familial structure of organized crime.
He hopes to identify the gene for familial synesthesia in order to learn more, he says.

British Dictionary definitions for familial

/fəˈmɪlɪəl/

adjective

of or relating to the family

occurring in the members of a family: a familial disease

Word Origin and History for familial

adj.

from French familial, from Latin familia (see family). Meaning "hereditary" is from 1900; "family-like" is from 1903.

familial in Medicine

familial fa·mil·ial (fə-mĭl'yəl)
adj.
Occurring or tending to occur among family members, usually by heredity.