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Definition of Heredity
1. Noun. The biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next.
2. Noun. The total of inherited attributes.
Generic synonyms: Property
Specialized synonyms: Hereditary Pattern, Inheritance
Derivative terms: Hereditary
Definition of Heredity
1. n. Hereditary transmission of the physical and psychical qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants. See Pangenesis.
Definition of Heredity
1. Noun. Hereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants. ¹
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Definition of Heredity
1. the genetic transmission of characteristics [n -TIES]
Medical Definition of Heredity
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