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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
BioinformaticsIn 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 littermateMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
sib·ling
(sib'ling)A brother or sister.
Synonym(s): sib.
Synonym(s): sib.
[A.S. sib, relation, + -ling, diminutive]
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sibling
Any member of a group of related brothers or sisters.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
sibling
orsib
a brother or sister.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005