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grandparent Audio
grand·par·ent [ gran-pair-uh nt, -par-, grand- ]
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Persons; Family
Definitions related to grandparent:
  • A parent of your father or mother.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Parent of a parent of the subject.
    NCI Health Level 7 Vocabulary
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2018
  • Parent of one's mother or father; a grandmother or grandfather.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Member of a family who has children and grandchildren.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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