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first-degree relatives

first-degree relatives is the plural of first-degree relative.

Meaning of first-degree relative

Noun

first-degree relative (plural first-degree relatives)

  1. A blood relative who shares roughly half a person's DNA, such as a parent, full sibling, or child.

Questions about first-degree relatives

What is first-degree relatives the plural of?
First-degree relatives is the plural of first-degree relative.

Words near first-degree relatives in the dictionary

  1. first-degree burn
  2. first-degree burns
  3. first-degree murder
  4. first-degree murders
  5. first-degree relative
  6. first-degree relatives
  7. first-ever
  8. first-feet
  9. first-fit
  10. first-foot
  11. first-footing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: first-degree relatives (page history and authors); first-degree relative (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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