Family Group
adopted child
a·dopt·ed child
Subclass of:
Persons
Definitions related to adopted child:
  • A child in the parent-child relationship established by a legal adoption proceeding.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A child taken into one's family through legal means and raised as one's own child.
    NCI Health Level 7 Vocabulary
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2018
  • (child, adopted) Individual who becomes a child of a family by means of legal action.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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