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nonhereditary

nonhereditary

6.9
Does not pass from parents to children through genes
  • adjective
  • /ˌnɒn.həˈrɛd.ɪˌtɛr.i/
  • Specialized
translation icon : 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
nonheritable
vsnonhereditary
  • Specialized
7.8

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

is an alternative form with the same meaning
noninheritable
vsnonhereditary
8.2

Not able to be passed down from parents to children

is an alternative form with identical 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
925 3.8

Relating to genes and how traits pass from parents to children

hereditary
  • Specialized
22 5.1

A trait or disease that comes from parents through genes

How Heritable

hereditary
  • Specialized
22 5.1
genetic
  • Specialized
925 3.8
acquired
  • Specialized
4.1
nonhereditary
  • Specialized
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'.