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  2. Hindustani kinship terms - Wikipedia

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    The kinship terms of Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu) differ from the English system in certain respects. [1] In the Hindustani system, kin terms are based on gender, [2] and the difference between some terms is the degree of respect. [3] Moreover, "In Hindi and Urdu kinship terms there is clear distinction between the blood relations and affinal ...

  3. Incest taboo - Wikipedia

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    An incest taboo is any cultural rule or norm that prohibits sexual relations between certain members of the same family, mainly between individuals related by blood. All known human cultures have norms that exclude certain close relatives from those considered suitable or permissible sexual or marriage partners, making such relationships taboo.

  4. Blood vessel - Wikipedia

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    Blood is 92% water by weight and the rest of blood is composed of protein, nutrients, electrolytes, wastes, and dissolved gases. Depending on the health of an individual, the blood viscosity can vary (i.e., anemia causing relatively lower concentrations of protein, high blood pressure an increase in dissolved salts or lipids, etc.). [30]

  5. Affinity (Catholic canon law) - Wikipedia

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    Canon 109 of the Code of Canon Law of the Catholic Church provides that affinity is an impediment to the marriage of a couple, and is a relationship which "arises from a valid marriage, even if not consummated, and exists between a man and the blood relatives of the woman and between the woman and the blood relatives of the man."

  6. Kinship terminology - Wikipedia

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    Kinship terminology is the system used in languages to refer to the persons to whom an individual is related through kinship.Different societies classify kinship relations differently and therefore use different systems of kinship terminology; for example, some languages distinguish between consanguine and affinal uncles (i.e. the brothers of one's parents and the husbands of the sisters of ...

  7. Exogamy - Wikipedia

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    Morgan [7] maintains that exogamy was introduced to prevent marriage between blood relations, especially between brother and sister, which had been common in an earlier state of promiscuity. Frazer [ 8 ] says that exogamy was begun to maintain the survival of family groups, especially when single families became larger political groups.

  8. List of tests - Wikipedia

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    Glucose Tolerance Test: Glucose is given and blood samples taken afterward determine how quickly it is cleared from the blood. 1923 Ishihara colour test: A color perception test for red-green color deficiencies. 1917 Liver function test: Groups of blood tests that give information about the state of a patient's liver N/A Lumbar puncture

  9. Bloedverwanten - Wikipedia

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