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HEREDITARY

\hɪɹˈɛdɪtəɹi], \hɪɹˈɛdɪtəɹi], \h_ɪ_ɹ_ˈɛ_d_ɪ_t_ə_ɹ_i]\

Definitions of HEREDITARY

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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Passing from an ancestor to a descendant.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Transmitted from parent to offspring.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Applied to conditions and diseases transmitted by ancestors.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

Descending by inheritance: transmitted from parents to their offspring.
HEREDITARILY.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Descending by inheritance.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Descending by inheritance; transmitted by descent.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

That has descended from an ancestor; that may be transmitted from parent to offspring.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

Transmitted or possibly transmissible from parent to offspring, as a special quality or condition.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

An epithet given to diseases, communicated from progenitors. Such diseases may exist at birth; or they may supervene at a more or less advanced period of existence. Hereditary diseases, Morbi hereditarii, (F.) Maladies hereditaires, often prevail amongst several members of a family, or are family diseases or complaints.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

Derived from ancestry, or by inheritance.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Transmitted from parent to child. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

Possessed or claimed by right of inheritance; descending by inheritance.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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