I had a tooth pulled on Friday and now the blood clot that was over the extraction site is gone and I can now see what appears to be either bone or a piece of tooth sticking out of the site. I have eaten nothing but soft mushy foods since surgery, nothing I have had to chew.
â¢ PATRILINEAGE (noun). The noun PATRILINEAGE has 1 sense: 1. line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family. Familiarity information: PATRILINEAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Opposite of a patrilineal descent system is a matrilineal descent system, or a system of descent in which an individual's kin membership is traced through women.Again oversimplifying with some alliteration, it's one in which family descent is traced through the mamas! matrilineal descent system traces descent through the women of the clan. Again, making things simple, the matrilineal system traces descent through the mamas. To unlock this lesson you must be a Study.com Member.