单词 | hereditary |
释义 | he·red·i·tar·y (hə-rĕdĭ-tĕr′ē) adj. 1. a. Of or relating to heredity or inheritance. b. Transmitted or capable of being transmitted genetically from parent to offspring: a hereditary disease. 2. a. Passed down from one generation to the next: a hereditary prejudice. b. Being such or possessed by reason of birth: a hereditary aristocracy. 3. Law a. Capable of being inherited. b. Descending from an ancestor to a legal heir; passing down by inheritance. c. Having title or possession through inheritance. [Middle English, from Latin hērēditārius, from hērēditās, inheritance; see HEREDITY.] he·red′i·tari·ly (-târə-lē) adv. he·redi·tar′i·ness n. |
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