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hereditary Definition


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hereditary
adj
    1. Descending or acquiring by inheritance.
    2. Passed down or transmitted genetically to offspring.
      Example: a hereditary disease
      Thesaurus: congenital, genetic, handed down, transmitted, inherited.
    3. Succeeding to a title or position, etc by inheritance.
    4. Passed down according to inheritance.
Derivative: hereditarily
adverb
    Derivative: hereditariness
    noun
      Etymology: 16c: from Latin hereditas inheritance.



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