Medical term:
superfamily
superfamily
[soo´per-fam″ĭ-le]1. a taxonomic category sometimes established, subordinate to an order and superior to a family.
2. any of a group of proteins having similarities such as areas of structural homology and believed to descend from the same ancestral gene, such as the superfamily of immunoglobulins.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
superfamily
(so͞o′pər-făm′ə-lē)n. pl. superfami·lies
A taxonomic category of related organisms ranking below an order or its subdivisions and above a family.
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superfamily
a taxon above a family and below an order.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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