meaning of hereditary
1. Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown.
2. Transmitted, or capable of being transmitted, as a constitutional quality or condition from a parent to a child; as, hereditary pride, bravery, disease.
3. inherited or inheritable by established rules usually legal rules of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible
">tradition"
Related Words
hereditary | hereditary cerebellar ataxia | hereditary condition | hereditary disease | hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy | hereditary pattern |
