blood relative
noun[C]
uk/ˌblʌd ˈrel.ə.tɪv/us/ˌblʌd ˈrel.ə.tɪv/(alsoblood relation)someone who isrelatedto you bybirthratherthan throughmarriageor anotherrelationshipsuch asadoption(=becomingthelegalparentof achildwho is notyourown):
血亲I'd alwaysknownSamwas not abloodrelative, but stillregardedhim as abrother.我一直就知道山姆不是我的血亲，但还是把他当作兄弟。
Hetested23 of hispatientsand 87 oftheirbloodrelativesforantibodies.他测试了自己的二十三个病人和他们的八十七位血亲以寻找抗体。
- Thestudylookedatgeneticdatafromfamiliesthat havesufferedthree, four,evenas many as eightcasesoflungcanceramongbloodrelatives.
- Whether thekidneydonoris abloodrelative, arelativebymarriageor afriendthere can beissues.
- William Duke of Normandyinsistedthat Edward the Confessor, who was adistantbloodrelative, had alsopromisedthesuccessionto him.
- Ittranspiredthat arelative- not abloodrelative, but arelativebymarriage- was ahistorianand hadkeptall thelettersfrom Russia to mygrandfather.
Family: relations in general
- anti-family
- aunt
- auntie
- baby daddy
- biologically
- fatherhood
- filial
- first cousin
- fraternal
- grand-nephew
- kinsman
- kinswoman
- kith and kin
- long-lost
- loved one
- relative
- removed
- second cousin
- sib
- sibling