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hereditary adjective
/həˈred.ɪ.tri/ adj Definition
(of characteristics or diseases) passed from the genes of a parent to a child, or (of titles and positions in society) passed from parent to a child as a right
a hereditary disease
Depression is often hereditary.
It is a hereditary title, so Mark Howard will become Sir Mark Howard on his father's death.
(Definition of hereditary adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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