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hereditary
adjective
of, relating to, or denoting factors that can be transmitted genetically from one generation to another
derived from one's ancestors; traditional hereditary feuds
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Content: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. Torpey
Being the hereditary Datto, the inhabitants of the valley generally sympathized with him, at least passively. The Philippine Islands | John Foreman
This the chapel owes to the residence of the royal family, whose passion and talent for music are hereditary. Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria Graham
No family history of epilepsy, insanity, nervous or other hereditary disorders in 59 per cent. A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy | Alexander Hughes Bennett
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British Dictionary definitions for hereditary
hereditary
/ ( hɪˈrɛdɪtərɪ, -trɪ) /
adjective
of, relating to, or denoting factors that can be transmitted genetically from one generation to another
law
descending or capable of descending to succeeding generations by inheritance
transmitted or transmissible according to established rules of descent
derived from one's ancestors; traditional hereditary feuds
maths logic
(of a set) containing all those elements which have a given relation to any element of the set
(of a property) transferred by the given relation, so that if x has the property P and xRy, then y also has the property P
Derived forms of hereditary
hereditarily, adverb hereditariness, noun
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Medical definitions for hereditary
hereditary
[ hə-rĕd ′ĭ-tĕr′ē ]
adj. Transmitted or capable of being transmitted genetically from parent to offspring. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Scientific definitions for hereditary
hereditary
[ hə-rĕd ′ĭ-tĕr′ē ]
Passed or capable of being passed from parent to offspring by means of genes. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011.