HEREDITARY


Meaning of HEREDITARY in English

adj. 1 (of disease, instinct, etc.) able to be passed down from one generation to another. 2 a descending by inheritance. b holding a position by inheritance. 3 the same as or resembling what one's parents had (a hereditary hatred). 4 of or relating to inheritance. hereditarily adv. hereditariness n.

[ L hereditarius (as HEREDITY) ]

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