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biofamily en · NOUN

Etymology

From bio- + family.

Meanings

1. Biological family.
   • White children have a better chance, apparently, of being returned to their biofamilies than do children of black and other minority families. 1979, Armand Lauffer, Bonnie E. Carlson, Resources for Child Placement and Other Human Services, page 28:
   • Parameter estimates (i.e., the correlations between family status and all four trait factors) showed no statistical significancies except for the relationship quality construct, 0.20, t = 2.28, p < 0.05, which suggested that the single-parent family tended to exhibit better relationship quality than the biofamily and stepfamily parents. 1998, Thomas J. Dishion, Fuzhong Li, Kathleen Spracklen, Gene Brown, Eric Haas, “Measurement of Parenting Practices in Research on Adolescent Problem Behavior: A Multimethod and Multitrait Analysis”, in Rebecca S. Ashery, Elizabeth B. Robertson, Karol L. Kumpfer, editors, Drug Abuse Prevention Through Family Interventions (National Institute on Drug Abuse Research Monograph Series; volume 177), page 287:
   • Most people are at home, eating dinner with their collectives or their biofamilies. 1988, Pat Califia, Macho Sluts, Alyson Books, →ISBN, page 188:

Forms

Synonyms

birthfamily