Hereditary: A condition, characteristic or disease that can be passed on from the parent to the offspring.
Hereditary: Transmissible from parent to offspring by information encoded in the parental germ cell. [L. hereditarius; fr. heres (hered-), an heir]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Hereditary: Transmitted from parent to child by information contained in the genes.
Source: National Institute of Health
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