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- Dictionaryconsanguineous/ˌkɒnsaŋˈɡwɪnɪəs/
adjective
- 1. relating to or denoting people descended from the same ancestor: "consanguineous marriages may give rise to recessive syndromes"
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3 days ago · It may be defined differently in medical, legal, political or social contexts. The definitions have varied over time, and vary in different parts of the world. The Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence states that: [97]
2 days ago · A cousin marriage is a marriage where the spouses are cousins (i.e. people with common grandparents or people who share other fairly recent ancestors). The practice was common in earlier times and continues to be common in some societies today, though in some jurisdictions such marriages are prohibited. [1]
5 days ago · Consanguineous marriages or unions between close relatives are common in regions like the Middle East, South Asia, and North Africa. While it may be prevalent due to cultural or social reasons, it is also medically risky, especially for genetic disorders.
Sep 17, 2024 · family, a group of persons united by the ties of marriage, blood, or adoption, constituting a single household and interacting with each other in their respective social positions, usually those of spouses, parents, children, and siblings.
4 days ago · To assess the effect of consanguineous marriages on adverse pregnancy outcomes and offspring mortality, first the regional variations in the prevalence of consanguinity and types of...
2 days ago · Congenital heart defects (CHD) appear in almost one percent of live births. Asian countries have the highest birth prevalence of CHD in the world. Recessive genotypes may represent a CHD risk factor in Asian populations with a high degree of consanguineous marriages. Genetic analysis of consanguineous families may represent a relatively unexplored source for investigating CHD etiology. To ...
Sep 25, 2024 · At a year-end party meeting in December, the North's leader Kim Jong-un defined inter-Korean relations as those between two belligerent states, not as consanguineous ones. In January, Kim called for revising the constitution to define South Korea as its "invariable principal enemy" and remove unification-related clauses as well as newly clarify the country's territorial boundaries.
