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family
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birth order
birth or·der
Subclass of:
Family Characteristics; Family
Definitions related to birth order:
  • Indicates the sequence of a biologic entity's birth in the family group.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The sequence in which children are born into the family.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (sibling order) Sequence in which children are born into the family.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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