| familial |
relating to or involving a family ( archaic )
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| familial hypercholesterolemia |
A familial disorder that is characterized by an extremely high concentration of cholesterol in the blood and cells.
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| familial adenomatous polyposis |
(fa-mil-e-uhl ad-ehn-NO-mah-tus poly-po-sis ): an hereditary condition that is a risk factor for colorectal cancer. People with this syndrome develop polyps in the colon and rectum. Often these polyps become cancerous. Abbreviated FAP.
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| familial |
a family characteristic.
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| familial |
a clustering of disease in a family, with no specific inheritance pattern, but more cases than chance alone would predict.
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