| static relations | Relationship between two parts that are not in motion. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| nurse-patient relations | Interaction between the patient and nurse. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dentist-patient relations | The psychological relations between the dentist and patient. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dynamic relations | Relative movements between two objects, e.g., the relationship of the mandible to the maxillae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interdepartmental relations | The interactions between representatives of institutional departments. (12 Dec 1998) |
| intergenerational relations | The interactions between individuals of different generations. These interactions include communication, caring, accountability, loyalty, and even conflict between related or non-related individuals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| interinstitutional relations | The interactions between representatives of institutions, agencies, or organizations. (12 Dec 1998) |
| interpersonal relations | The reciprocal interaction of two or more persons. (12 Dec 1998) |
| interprofessional relations | The reciprocal interaction of two or more professional individuals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| extramarital relations | Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than the spouse. (12 Dec 1998) |
| father-child relations | Interaction between the father and the child. (12 Dec 1998) |
| alu-equivalent family | A set of sequences in a mammalian genome that is related to the human Alu family. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alu family | A set of dispersed sequences in the human genome having Alu cleavage sites at each end. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cancer family | A group of blood relatives of whom several have had cancer; the mode of aggregation may be genetic and homogeneous, as in familial polyposis of the colon; diverse as in neurofibromatosis; or due to common exposure to a carcinogenic or oncogenic agent, such as a virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gene family | <molecular biology> A set of genes coding for diverse proteins which, by virtue of their high degree of sequence similarity, are believed to have evolved from a single ancestral gene. An example is the immunoglobulin family where the characteristic features of the constant domains are found in various cell surface receptors. (18 Nov 1997) |