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Hereditary
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Meaning
Adj
●
Passed on as an
inheritance
, by
last will
or intestate.
●
Of a
title
,
honor
or right:
legally
granted
to
somebody's
descendant
after that person's death.
●
Of a person:
holding
a
legally
hereditary
title
or rank.
●
Of a
disease
or
trait
:
passed
from a
parent
to
offspring
in the genes.
●
In Mathematics:
Of
a ring
:
such that
all
submodules
of
projective modules
over the
ring
are also
projective
.
Noun
●
A
hereditary
ruler
; a
hereditary
peer
in the House of Lords.
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Origin
hereditary
English
hereditarius
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Inhereditary
Inheritable
Genetic
Inherited
Heritable
Antonyms
Nonhereditary
Related
Congenital
Recessive
Genetics
Inheritance
Inborn
Familial
Autosomal
Innate
Chromosomal
Incurable
Dynastic
Lineage
Polygenic
Curable
Permanent
Mendelian
Contagious
Biological
Reversible
Epigenetic
Disease
Monarchical
Phenotypic
Monogenic
Malignant
Idiopathic
Genes
Phenotype
Autoimmune
Aristocratic
Mutation
Disorder
Illness
Universal
Maternal
Chronic
Family History
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