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hereditary

British pronunciation/hɪɹˈɛdɪtəɹi/
American pronunciation/hɝˈɛdəˌtɛɹi/
hereditary
[ADJECTIVE]
1

(of a disease or characteristic) able to be passed on to a child through the genes of its parents

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2

inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent

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Examples
1Part of it is hereditary.
2My eye bag situation is hereditary.
3Which disease is not hereditary?
4Hereditary factors were always accorded importance by asylum medical officers.
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