Hereditary synonyms

hə-rĕd'ĭ-tĕr'ē

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inherited
Obtained via an inheritance
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patrimonial
Of or pertaining to patrimony
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be (related)
Possessed at birth
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genetic
(Genetics) Relating to genetics or genes.
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innate
Possessed as an essential characteristic; inherent:
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ancestral
Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate.
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congenital
(Of a trait) Present since birth.
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family
(Slang) Homosexual.
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inborn
Existing naturally or by heredity rather than being learned through experience.
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inheritable
Capable of taking by inheritance, or of receiving by descent; capable of succeeding to, as an heir.
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lineal
Regarding trusts and estates, of a direct, as opposed to a collateral, descendant.
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acquired (antonym)
(Medicine) Developed postfetally; not congenital.
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native
Occurring in nature pure or uncombined with other substances:
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kin (related)
Related or similar; akin:
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precede (related)
Of or from one's ancestors
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transmissible
Able to be transmitted
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familial
Of or pertaining to human family.
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transmitted
(in combination) That has been transmitted in a specific manner.
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non-polyposis (related)
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exostoses (related)
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coproporphyria (related)
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nonpolyposis (related)
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fructose-intolerance (related)
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paternal
The definition of paternal is having the characteristic of a father or fatherhood.
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Hereditary Sentence Examples

  • We have seen the end of hereditary monarchy.

  • There were no hereditary or formally elected chiefs, nor was there any vestige of monarchy.

  • She has a hereditary blood anomaly that makes her immune to all but the oldest of our kind.

  • By the time of the jurists it had become hereditary and compulsory.

  • If it's hereditary, then the mutation has been hidden from us for, like, maybe even hundreds of thousands of years.

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