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Digenea

A division of Trematoda in which alternate generations occur the immediate young not resembling their parents

Defiliation

Abstraction of a child from its parents

Creole

One born of European parents in the American colonies of France or Spain or in the States which were once such colonies esp

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Child

son or a daughter a male or female descendant in the first degree the immediate progeny of human parents in law legitimate offspring Used also of animals and plants

Bogeyman

A goblin a bugbear a bogey1 This is the form used by parents to frighten children as if you dont eat your vegetables the bogeyman will get you

Biogenesis

the genesis or production of living organisms can take place only through the agency of living germs or parents called also biogeny opposed to abiogenesis

wrongful pregnancy

wrongful pregnancy : a malpractice claim brought by the parents of a healthy but unwanted child usually against a physician or health-care provider for alleged negligence in performing

wrongful life

or she would never have been born if not for the negligent advice or treatment provided to the parents by a physician or health-care provider ;also : the life or injury at issue in such a claim

unemancipated

unemancipated : not emancipated ;specif : still under parental authority [an minor]

Whole blood

but from the same couple of ancestors.'-1 Steph. Com. The relationship existing between persons having the same two parents; unmixed ancestry, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 164.

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