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hereditary
01
(of a disease or characteristic) able to be passed on to a child through the genes of its parents
Grammatical Information
Composition
Compound
relational
ungradable
Examples
Hereditary traits, like eye color, are passed down from parents to their children.
02
inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
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nonhereditary
hereditary
