family

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family amaurotic family idiocy extended family family doctor family physician family planning family practice family practitioner natural family planning nuclear family

Main Entry: fam·i·ly
Pronunciation: fam-(-)l
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -lies
1 : the basic unit in society traditionally consisting of two parents rearing their children; also : any of various social units differing from but regarded as equivalent to the traditional family <a single-parent family>
2 : a group of related plants or animals forming a category ranking above a genus and below an order and usually comprising several to many genera
- family adjective