See Also: consanguineous(medicine)
consanguineous(dictionary)

consanguineous (iou)



consanguineous adjective. E17.
[from Latin consanguineus of the same blood, formed as CON- + sanguis, -inis blood: see -OUS.]
Related by descent from a common ancestor; of or pertaining to blood relationship. E17.
Roman Law. Related as children of the same father (opp. uterine); pertaining to those so related. M19.
brother consanguineous, consanguineous brother: see BROTHER noun.
consanguineal adjective = CONSANGUINEOUS 1 L18.
consanguinean adjective = CONSANGUINEOUS E18.
consanguineously adverb L19.