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Noun: consanguinity  `kón-sang'gwi-ni-tee
  1. (anthropology) related by blood
    - blood kinship, cognation

Derived forms: consanguinities

See also: consanguine

Type of: family relationship, kinship, relationship

Antonym: affinity

Encyclopedia: Consanguinity