Title: HEREDITARY | Definition of HEREDITARY by Oxford Dictionary on Lexico.com also meaning of HEREDITARY
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Oxford English and Spanish Dictionary, Synonyms, and Spanish to English Translator
Meaning of hereditary in English:
hereditary
Pronunciation /hɪˈrɛdɪt (ə)ri/
adjective
‘the Queen's hereditary right to the throne’
Origin

Content: ‘By this time Plana was astronomer royal, and he went on to become a hereditary baron in 1844 and a senator in 1848.’ ‘Members of a hereditary Siddha family must be encouraged to practice without any restrictions by giving registration so that the skill is not lost.’ ‘In ‘The Rights of Man’ Tom Paine slates the concept of hereditary succession as being ‘as absurd as an hereditary mathematician, or an hereditary wise man’.’ ‘Six members are hereditary peers: the Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl of Wemyss, the Earl of Elgin, the Earl of Airlie, the Viscount of Arbuthnott, and the Earl of Crawford.’ ‘This advisory body consisted of hereditary and life members, the latter being ex-magistrates.’ ‘Yet I am inclined to think that a death of a Royal or titled hereditary aristocrat is something different.’ 1.2
(of a characteristic or disease) determined by genetic factors and therefore able to be passed on from parents to their offspring or descendants. ‘cystic fibrosis is our most common fatal hereditary disease’
More example sentences
‘either hereditary or environmental factors’
‘They extend their speculations, even forecasting that, by genetic manipulation, they will be able to cure hereditary diseases and defects and, possibly, make a race having superior bodies and intellects.’ ‘At low radiation doses, the principal concern is the risk of radiation-induced cancer in exposed individuals and hereditary disease in their descendants.’