Hereditary

[adj] inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition"
[adj] tending to occur among members of a family usually by heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features"

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Synonyms

ancestral, familial, genetic, heritable, inheritable, inherited, patrimonial, transmissible, transmitted

Related Terms

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