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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: 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. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Cultural definitions for hereditary
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A descriptive term for conditions capable of being transmitted from parent to offspring through the genes. The term hereditary is applied to diseases such as hemophilia and characteristics such as the tendency toward baldness that pass from parents to children. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.