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Definition of Hereditary

1. Adjective. Occurring among members of a family usually by heredity. "Genetically transmitted features"

2. Adjective. Inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent. "Transmissible tradition"

Definition of Hereditary

1. a. Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown.

Definition of Hereditary

1. Adjective. which is passed on as inheritance, by last will or intestate ¹

2. Adjective. (of a title, honor or right) legally granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death. ¹

3. Adjective. (of a person) holding a legally hereditary title or rank ¹

4. Adjective. (of a disease or trait) passed from a parent to offspring in the genes ¹

5. Noun. A hereditary ruler; a hereditary peer in the House of Lords. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hereditary

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Hereditary

1. Transferred via genes from parent to child. (16 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hereditary

hereby heredes herediatry spinal ataxia hereditabilities hereditability hereditable hereditably hereditament hereditaments hereditarian

hereditarianism hereditarians hereditaries hereditarily hereditariness hereditary (current term) hereditary amyloidosis hereditary angio oedema hereditary angioedema hereditary angioneurotic oedema

hereditary areflexic dystasia hereditary ataxia hereditary benign intraepithelial dyskeratosis hereditary cerebellar ataxia hereditary chorea hereditary condition hereditary coproporphyria hereditary deforming chondrodystrophy hereditary disease

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