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Content: passing from a person who has died to that person's child or younger relative
: holding a position or title that was passed on from your parent or an older relative
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hereditary
adjective
he·​red·​i·​tary | \ hə-ˈre-də-ˌter-ē
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Kids Definition of hereditary
1 : capable of being passed from parent to offspring hereditary disease
2 : received or passing from an ancestor to an heir
hereditary
adjective
he·​red·​i·​tary | \ hə-ˈred-ə-ˌter-ē
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Medical Definition of hereditary
1 : genetically transmitted or transmittable from parent to offspring — compare acquired sense 1, congenital sense 2, familial
2 : of or relating to inheritance or heredity
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hereditarily \ -​ˌred-​ə-​ˈter-​ə-​lē
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hereditary
adjective
he·​red·​i·​tary | \ hə-ˈre-də-ˌter-ē
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1 : received or passing by inheritance or required to pass by inheritance hereditary shares
2 : having ownership or possession through inheritance
History and Etymology for hereditary
Latin hereditarius, from hereditas inheritance, from hered -, heres heir
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