HEREDITARY


Meaning of HEREDITARY in English

[ 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 ).

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