consanguineous

consanguineous
/kon'sang gwin"ee euhs/, adj.
having the same ancestry or descent; related by blood.
Also, consanguine /kon sang"gwin/, consanguineal.
[1595-1605; < L consanguineus, equiv. to con- CON- + sanguin- (s. of sanguis) blood + -eus -EOUS]

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