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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An analysis, usually of the DNA or blood type of a mother, child, and putative father, to estimate the probability that the man is the biological father of the child.
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- noun A
test done to determine thebiological father of a child.
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- noun a test based on blood groups to determine whether a particular man could be the biological father of a particular child; negative results prove he was not the father but positive results show only that he could be
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January 22, 2008