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con·san·guin·e·ous

(kon'sang-gwin'ē-ŭs),
Denoting consanguinity.
[L. cum, with, + sanguis, blood: consanguineus]
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consanguineous

(kŏn′săn-gwĭn′ē-əs, -săng-) also

consanguine

(kŏn-săng′gwĭn, kən-)
adj.
Of the same lineage or origin; having a common ancestor.

con′san·guin′e·ous·ly adv.
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consanguineous

adjective Referring to a blood relationship—i.e., descent from a common ancestor.
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consanguineous

adjective Referring to a blood relationship–ie, descendent from a common ancestor
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con·san·guin·e·ous

(kon'sang-gwin'ē-ŭs)
Denoting consanguinity.
[L. cum, with, + sanguis, blood: consanguineus]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
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Burch also notes that all persons to whom either a consanguine or affinal relationship (or both) can be traced are considered "family." BURCH, supra note 61, at 49.
While in most communities there remains a sense that "consanguines belong together," (80) there also exist tensions within families because grandparents feel they are obliged to care for grandchildren even though they do not have the economic or physical resources to do so.
The 2 female infants were born to consanguine parents (first-degree cousins).
(146) "Consanguine" means a child of the same father as the deceased, but of a different mother.
"If the savage is incapable of conceiving the idea of individual possession of objects not incorporated with his person, it is because he has no conception of his individuality as distinct from the consanguine group in which he lives" (Lafargue, 1918, p.
The consanguine hierarchies of international capitalism imitate the old feudal arrangements under which an Italian noble might swear fealty to a German prince or a Norman duke declare himself the subject of an English king.
Despite this serious challenge, Hawaii remained the base for Morgan's schema and the islands' dubious distinction of being the last living remnant of 'primitive promiscuity' was continued with his description in Ancient Society of the full development of the human family beginning with the 'Consanguine Family' followed by the 'Punaluan Family', named for Andrews' brief description of a habit that he claimed was no longer in use (Morgan 1877:427).
This is most often done through the use of kin terms, by addressing affines as consanguines. The use of death-names in the present relational set can in part be seen as an extension of such efforts at inclusion.