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heredity Definition


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heredity
noun heredities
    1. The transmission of recognizable and genetically based characteristics from one generation to the next.
    2. The total quantity of such characteristics inherited. Also called inheritance.
Derivative: hereditist
noun
    A hereditarian.
Etymology: 16c.



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