HEREDITARY

/həˈɹɛdɪt(ə)ɹi/ ► audio Scrabble 17 Words With Friends 15

Definition

  1. adjective occurring among members of a family usually by heredity. — synonyms: familial, genetic, inherited, transmitted, transmissible
  2. adjective inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent. — synonyms: ancestral, patrimonial, transmissible

Examples

  • “Duke is a hereditary title which was created in Norman times.”
  • “hereditary rulers”
  • “Haemophilia is hereditary in his family.”

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