hereditary

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hereditary Definition

• (s) tending to occur among members of a family usually by heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features"
• (s) inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition"

hereditary Synonyms

• ancestral
• familial
• genetic
• hereditary
• inherited
• patrimonial
• transmissible
• transmitted