[ hɪ'rɛdɪt(ə)ri ]
■ adjective
1》 conferred by, based on, or relating to inheritance.
↘(of a characteristic or disease) able to be passed on from parents to their offspring or descendants.
2》 Mathematics (of a set) defined such that every element which has a given relation to a member of the set is also a member of the set.
Derivatives
hereditarily adverb
hereditariness noun
Origin
ME: from L. hereditarius , from hereditas (see heredity ).