CONSANGUINITY

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1892 · p. 17

n. Ko2n-sa"n2-gwi2n'i2-ti2. Gr., <rvyyeVia. Lat., cons an gui nit as. Fr., cons an gui nite. Ger., Blutsvertmndtschaft. It., consanguinitd. Sp., consanguinidad. Blood relationship, relationship by descent as opposed to that by marriage; in cattle, in-breeding. [A, 301.] [s. 381]