sibling

sibling

 [sib´ling]

any of two or more offspring of the same parents; a brother or sister.

half sibling an individual who shares just one parent with the person of reference.

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sib

(sib),

A member of a sibship.

Synonym(s): sibling

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sibling

(sĭb′lĭng)

n.

One of two or more individuals having one or both parents in common; a brother or sister.

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sibling

Bioinformatics
In Mouse Genome Informatics, sibling refers to terms in a hierarchical controlled vocabulary such as those containing gene ontology (GO) terms. A “sibling” of a term is one at the same level of the hierarchy sharing at least one ancestor.

Example
The GO term alcohol dehydrogenase (GO:0004022) is a sibling to the GO term aldehyde oxidase (GO:0004031); they share the ancestor term enzyme GO:0003824.

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sibling

A brother, sister or littermate

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sib·ling

(sib'ling)

A brother or sister.
Synonym(s): sib.

[A.S. sib, relation, + -ling, diminutive]

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sibling

Any member of a group of related brothers or sisters.

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sibling

or

sib

a brother or sister.

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