transmitted
- adjective
- /trænˈsmɪtɪd/
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transmitido
- Certain diseases can be transmitted through heredity from one generation to the next.
Examples
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Mitochondria are only transmitted from the female.
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The genetic traits for eye color are transmitted from parents to their children.
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Mitochondria are only transmitted from the female.
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Some characteristics, like height, are transmitted by genetic inheritance.
Synonyms
925
3.8
Relating to genes and how traits pass from parents to children
43
5.5
Related to family members from earlier generations
29
6.0
Relating to close relatives, like parents and children, often because of shared genes
22
5.1
A trait or disease that comes from parents through genes
3
6.9
Can be passed down to children or other family members
1
5.8
A feature that passes from parents to children, for example eye color and family titles
Passed from parents to children through genes
Can be passed from parents to children by genes, like eye color
Older family members give things like clothes or recipes to younger ones
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
29
2.7
An illness you can get from someone when you have sex
How Heritable
- Specialized
925
3.8
- Specialized
- Specialized
3
6.9
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Transmitted comes from the parts trans- 'across' and mittere 'to send', the same root you see in transfer. So, when a trait is transmitted in a family it is like being 'sent across' from parents to children or from one generation to the next.