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SIBLING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person's brother or sister
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sibling" is a kind of...):
relation; relative (a person related by blood or marriage)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sibling"):
half blood (one of siblings who have only one parent in common)
quad; quadruplet (one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy)
quin; quint; quintuplet (one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy)
triplet (one of three offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy)
twin (either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy)
Holonyms ("sibling" is a member of...):
family; family unit (primary social group; parents and children)
Context examples:
Siblings of children diagnosed with autism and people with certain genetic mutations have a higher risk of developing the disorder, compared to the general population.
(Children’s visual engagement is heritable and altered in autism, National Institutes of Health)
A male relative who is a sibling of the biological mother, and who both share a common ancestor.
(Biological Maternal Uncle, NCI Thesaurus)
A female relative who is a sibling of the biological father, and who both share a common ancestor.
(Biological Paternal Aunt, NCI Thesaurus)
In the PIDTC study, 97 percent of infants who received transplants from HLA-matched siblings survived at least five years.
(Early treatment benefits infants with severe combined immunodeficiency, NIH)
NOTE(S): This class helps represent an OR relationship between siblings with the same parent activity.
(Defined Option Relationship, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
A malignant neoplasm with other metaplastic characteristics not specified by siblings.
(Other Metaplastic Carcinomas of the Mouse Mammary Gland, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
A sibling with whom you share a single parent.
(Half Sibling, NCI Thesaurus)
It is highly possible you will travel to see family, most likely to visit a parent or sibling.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Although many stellar siblings may form together in tight clusters, stars are always moving, and as they grow older they tend to move farther and farther apart.
(Spitzer Studies a Stellar Playground With a Long History, NASA)
A sibling with whom you share both parents.
(Full Sibling, NCI Thesaurus)
