Hereditary
111hereditary — Transmissible from parent to offspring by information encoded in the parental germ cell. [L. hereditarius; fr. heres (hered ), an heir] * * * he·red·i·tary hə red ə .ter ē adj 1) genetically transmitted or transmittable from parent to offspring… …
112hereditary — Synonyms and related words: ancestral, atavistic, bequeathed, bodily, born, coeval, congenital, connatal, connate, connatural, constitutional, genetic, genic, handed down, heritable, in the blood, inborn, inbred, incarnate, indigenous,… …
113hereditary — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. inheritable, transmissible, heritable, ancestral, patrimonial. See intrinsic, posterity, transfer. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. inherited, genetic, innate, paternal; see ancestral . See Synonym Study …
114hereditary — he red·i·tar·y || hɪ redɪtÉ™rɪ / trɪ adj. passed down genetically, transferred naturally from parent to child; pertaining to an inheritance …
115hereditary — [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… …
116hereditary — a. 1. Ancestral, patrimonial, by inheritance. 2. Inherited, transmitted (from ancestors) …
117hereditary — adj 1. inheritable, hereditable, heritable, transmissible, passable, transferrable; genetic, ge netical, genesic, in the genes or blood, obtained by heredity, Biol. genie; congenital, innate, inborn, inherent, natural, native, natural born,… …
118hereditary — he·red·i·tary …
119hereditary — adj. transmitted from parents to their offspring; inherited …
120hereditary — /haredat(eh)riy/ That which is the subject of inheritance. Genetically transmitted or transmittable from parent to offspring …
