Taber's Medical Dictionary
matrilineal
(mā″trĭ-lĭn′ē-ăl )
[L. mater, mother, + linea, line]
Pert. to or affecting inheritance from the mothers in a family, but not the fathers.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Matrilineal." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/751834/0/matrilineal.
Matrilineal. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/751834/0/matrilineal. Accessed June 24, 2026.
Matrilineal. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/751834/0/matrilineal
Matrilineal [Internet]. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 June 24]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/751834/0/matrilineal.
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