biological parent

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meanings of biologicaland parent

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings.
biological
adjective
uk /ˌbaɪ.əˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/ us /ˌbaɪ.əˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
connected with the natural processes of ...
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parent
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈpeə.rənt/ us /ˈper.ənt/
a mother or father of a person or an animal, or someone who looks after a person in the same way that a ...
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Examples of biological parent

biological parent
Many orphans had already left the parental home before the death of the last biologicalparent (8 per cent at least).
Sixteen percent of families in the high school group and 20% of families in the psychiatric group consisted of one biologicalparent and one step-parent.
More of the dropouts were also no longer married to the other biologicalparent and more were receiving public assistance.
Only just less than 3% of individuals without a criminal biologicalparent and without major risk experiences in the adoptive family showed petty criminality.
But the father is not - the biologicalparent is gone forever.
This might seem deeply problematic, as someone could be a 'biologicalparent' but not a 'guardian parent'.
For the purpose of this study, early parenthood was defined as having become a biologicalparent by age 25 years.
However, this definition fails to encompass the household of the absent biologicalparent, who may also be cohabiting or married, creating another stepfamily household.
Criteria for bereaved families included the death of one biologicalparent up to the student's age of 16.
Gender and early parenthood members becoming parents by age 25 had been or were currently legally married to the other biologicalparent of their child.
Of the 128 children whose biologicalparent had remarried, and whose step-parent was still alive as the child became an orphan 75 were sent to an orphanage (59 %).
The existence of, say, criminality in a biologicalparent is not in itself very informative because it says nothing about the route by which the genetic risk operates.
It: will be necessary for me to consult the natural parent, the biologicalparent, the godfather—whatever the expression should be.
From the
Hansard archive

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Additionally, a biologicalparent or parents can "temporarily" give a partner who is not a biologicalparent full parental responsibilities.
From
Wikipedia

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An adoption of an older child who already knows his or her biologicalparent(s) can not be made closed or secret.
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