inheritable
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- adjective
- /ɪnˈhɛrɪtəbl/
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heredable
- Certain traits, like eye color and height, are often considered inheritable from parents to children.
- inheritable characteristics
Examples
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Copyrights on Tanna are inheritable by one's descendants in a locality or, as in this case, in an organization.
Academic text (1990) -
Genes are the vehicle by which species transfer inheritable characteristics to successive generations.
Academic text (2007) -
Rather, these factors are combined with population studies to determine inheritable risk.
Academic text (2005) -
So let's talk about the genetic aspect of this, how inheritable this is.
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Against all evidence, he continued to insist that once traits had been acquired, they were also inheritable.
Academic text (1992) -
Importantly, in those families diagnosed with inheritable cardiac disease, there was a significantly higher frequency of sudden cardiac deaths in other family members than in those families with no evidence of inheritable cardiac disease.
Academic text (2003) -
Instead, honor had now become inheritable—passed down to the aristocracy's sons.
Blog text (2) -
Some of the most known and publicized inheritable conditions are Tay-Sachs disease, muscular dystrophy, sickle cell disease, and cystic fibrosis.
Academic text (2005) -
The study focused on inheritable traits that could affect health across generations.
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Many families have inheritable characteristics that are passed down through generations.
Synonyms
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5.4
A right or title a family gives to their children by law
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6.9
Can be passed down to children or other family members
Able to be passed on to the next generation by inheritance
Can be legally passed to later family members
Property or rights passed down within a family for generations
Can be passed from parents to children by genes, like eye color
Antonyms
How Inheritable
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Inheritable comes from the verb inherit, which is related to heir and originally meant 'to receive from an ancestor'. So something inheritable is something that can be 'passed down' to the next generation, like property or genes.