consanguineous

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Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
24
Letters
14
Pronunciation
/kɒnsaŋˈɡwɪni.əs/
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/kɒnsaŋˈɡwɪni.əs/ · /kɒnsaŋˈɡwɪnjəs/ · /kɑnsæŋˈɡwɪni.əs/ · /kɑnsæŋˈɡwɪnjəs/

Definition of consanguineous

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor.
    “Am not I consanguineous? am I not of her blood?”
    “2002, B. Modell and A. Darr, "Science and society: genetic counselling and customary consanguineous marriage," Nature Reviews: Genetics, vol 3. no. 3 (Mar.), p. 225, Consanguineous marriage is customary in many societies, but leads to an increased birth prevalence of infants with severe recessive disorders.”

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin consanguineus (with English -ous), from con- (“together”) + sanguineus (“of or pertaining to blood”), from sanguis (“blood”). Equivalent to con- + sanguineous.

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