Collocations withrelative

These are words often used in combination withrelative.

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affected relative
At the time that the interviews were scheduled, the proband and affected relative were told that they would be mailed a packet of self-rating assessments.
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aged relative
Many tens of thousands of women have left the labour force to work full-time looking after an aged relative.
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bereaved relative
The systematic review of bereavement interventions included a survey of so-called 'systemsoriented' approaches, including palliative care, hospice care, and care co-ordination33 and their effects on the outcome of bereaved relatives.
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biological relative
Even among biological relatives there are significant differences in temperament.
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close relative
When a manager is working for a close relative, he will be more relaxed and less serious about the job.
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closest relative
Likewise, the patient's closest relative and his or her informal carer should be fully informed.
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distant relative
Selection requires no more than a "systematic correlation between parent and offspring," or "parent and grandoffspring, or a more distant relative" (last para.).
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elderly relative
She describes the idea of caring for an elderly relative as deeply ' ingrained ' in the pattern of life in farm families.
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female relative
It is possible that such entries signify the passing of a property to a married daughter or other female relative, rather than to non-kin.
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first-degree relative
Eight of the subjects had reported experiencing the death of a first-degree relative, and in two of these cases the member reportedly received hospice services.
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grieving relative
Even if it makes no logical sense to think that, because the person is dead, such considerations can have great emotional power over grieving relatives.
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immediate relative
Almost one in 10 motorists claimed to have lost a friend in a drink-driving accident, while one in 20 had lost an immediate relative.
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living relative
Thus, cladistic analysis provides us with living relative species with which we can test the hypothesis that there is a heritable variation for social cognition that increases fitness.
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male relative
And they can also tell us that the women who appeared in the record were actually trading, not just standing in for a male relative.
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near relative
You and possibly a near relative will meet one or two times with five-ten other cardiac patients and their relatives.
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nearest relative
In a quarter of cases the recruit's nearest relative was his mother.
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surviving relative
The period in question would affect one surviving relative, but no dependants.
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visiting relative
She made paper cuts, embroidered, drew floral decorations, decorated wedding rooms, cooked matou when visiting relatives and did many other things.
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wild relatives
Two main clades were produced consisting of the botanical varieties and the other clade consisted of wild relatives.
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