hereditary

 
  Grep  of  noun  hereditary 
  hereditary  cerebellar  ataxia 
  hereditary  condition 
  hereditary  disease 
  hereditary  pattern 
 
  Overview  of  adj  hereditary 
 
  The  adj  hereditary  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  familial,  genetic,  hereditary,  inherited,  transmitted,  transmissible  --  (tending  to  occur  among  members  of  a  family  usually  by  heredity;  "an  inherited  disease";  "familial  traits";  "genetically  transmitted  features") 
  2.  ancestral,  hereditary,  patrimonial,  transmissible  --  (inherited  or  inheritable  by  established  rules  (usually  legal  rules)  of  descent;  "ancestral  home";  "ancestral  lore";  "hereditary  monarchy";  "patrimonial  estate";  "transmissible  tradition") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  hereditary 
 
  2  senses  of  hereditary 
 
  Sense  1 
  familial,  genetic,  hereditary,  inherited,  transmitted,  transmissible 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  inheritable)  ->  noninheritable,  nonheritable 
 
  Sense  2 
  ancestral,  hereditary,  patrimonial,  transmissible 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  inheritable)  ->  noninheritable,  nonheritable 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  hereditary 
 
  2  senses  of  hereditary 
 
  Sense  1 
  familial,  genetic,  hereditary,  inherited,  transmitted,  transmissible 
  =>  inheritable  (vs.  noninheritable),  heritable 
 
  Sense  2 
  ancestral,  hereditary,  patrimonial,  transmissible 
  =>  inheritable  (vs.  noninheritable),  heritable 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  hereditary 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  hereditary 
 
  hereditary  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  hereditary 
  hereditary 
  nonhereditary 
 
  Overview  of  adj  hereditary 
 
  The  adj  hereditary  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  familial,  genetic,  hereditary,  inherited,  transmitted,  transmissible  --  (tending  to  occur  among  members  of  a  family  usually  by  heredity;  "an  inherited  disease";  "familial  traits";  "genetically  transmitted  features") 
  2.  ancestral,  hereditary,  patrimonial,  transmissible  --  (inherited  or  inheritable  by  established  rules  (usually  legal  rules)  of  descent;  "ancestral  home";  "ancestral  lore";  "hereditary  monarchy";  "patrimonial  estate";  "transmissible  tradition") 

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