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Hereditary
hɪˈrɛdɪt(ə)ri
Hereditary definitions
adjective
hereditary
- (of a title, office, or right) conferred by or based on inheritance
"the Queen's hereditary right to the throne"
- (of a person) holding a position by inheritance
"a hereditary peer"
- (of a characteristic or disease) determined by genetic factors and therefore able to be passed on from parents to their offspring or descendants
"cystic fibrosis is our most common fatal hereditary disease"
- relating to inheritance
"the main objection to the hereditary principle is that such peers are not elected"
- (of a set) defined such that every element which has a given relation to a member of the set is also a member of the set