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blood relative
noun[ C ]
uk /ˌblʌd ˈrel.ə.tɪv/ us /ˌblʌd ˈrel.ə.tɪv/(alsoblood relation)
someone who is related to you by birth rather than through marriage or another relationship such as adoption(= becoming the legal parent of a child who is not your own): 血亲
I'd always known Sam was not a blood relative, but still regarded him as a brother.我一直就知道山姆不是我的血亲，但还是把他当作兄弟。
He tested 23 of his patients and 87 of their blood relatives for antibodies. 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。
The study looked at genetic data from families that have suffered three, four, even as many as eight cases of lung cancer among blood relatives.
Whether the kidney donor is a blood relative, a relative by marriage or a friend there can be issues.
William Duke of Normandy insisted that Edward the Confessor, who was a distant blood relative, had also promised the succession to him.
It transpired that a relative - not a blood relative, but a relative by marriage - was a historian and had kept all the letters from Russia to my grandfather.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Family: relations in general
anti-family
aunt
auntie
baby daddy
baby mama
father
fatherhood
filial
filially
first cousin
kinsman
kinswoman
kith and kin
long-lost
loved one
relationship
relative
removed
second cousin
sib
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