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nonhereditary

nonhereditary

1 6.9
Does not pass from parents to children through genes
  • adjective
  • /ˌnɒn.həˈrɛd.ɪˌtɛr.i/
  • Specialized
: no hereditario
  • On the other hand, acquired ichthyosis is a nonhereditary condition associated with internal disease and usually appears for the first time in adulthood.

Examples

  • Acquired ichthyosis is a nonhereditary condition that often appears in adulthood due to internal disease.

  • However, this is not a feature dependent upon or to be associated with language type; there are hereditary features and claims in other areas, and there have been several accounts of nonhereditary big men among Austronesian speakers.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Nonhereditary princes—new founders or conquerors—can depend only on themselves.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The results of several investigations have suggested that permanent SNHL develops in as many as 54% of patients with nonhereditary chronic renal failure; the vast majority of affected patients had been treated with hemodialysis.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Researchers found mutations associated with nonhereditary colon cancer in several patients without a family history.

  • Many people believe that high blood pressure is purely genetic, but lifestyle factors can lead to nonhereditary hypertension.

Synonyms

nongenetic
vsnonhereditary
  • Specialized
1 6.5

Not caused by genes but by things like the environment or experience

focuses on not being passed from parents rather than on cause
noninheritable
vsnonhereditary
1 8.2

Not able to be passed down from parents to children

is an alternative form with identical meaning
nonheritable
vsnonhereditary
  • Specialized
1 7.8

A disease or trait that parents cannot pass to their children through genes

is an alternative form with the same meaning
nonparental
vsnonhereditary
  • Specialized
8.1

A trait in offspring that is different from both parents

emphasizes not being passed to offspring rather than differing from parents
nonfamilial
vsnonhereditary
  • Specialized
8.1

Does not come from parents

refers to single cases not passed down rather than family patterns

Antonyms

genetic
  • Specialized
526 3.8

Relating to genes and how traits pass from parents to children

hereditary
  • Specialized
29 5.1

A trait or disease that comes from parents through genes

How Heritable

hereditary
  • Specialized
29 5.1
genetic
  • Specialized
526 3.8
acquired
  • Specialized
23 4.1
nonhereditary
  • Specialized
1 6.9

Surface Forms

nonhereditary positive

Morphology

nonhereditary = hereditary (transparent) = non + hereditary

The productive negative prefix 'non-' is directly attached to the adjective 'hereditary', yielding the straightforward meaning 'not hereditary'.

Etymology

Nonhereditary splits into non- meaning 'not' and hereditary, which comes from a root meaning 'heir' or 'to inherit' and is the same idea behind the common word inherit. So nonhereditary means 'not passed from parents to children'.