Medical Dictionary

lineage

noun lin·e·age \ˈlin-ē-ij also ˈlin-ij\

Medical Definition of LINEAGE

1
:  descent in a line from a common progenitor
2
:  a group of individuals descended from a common ancestor <replication in T cell lineages>

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