heredity
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heredity
- /hɪˈɹɛdɪti/ UK
- /həˈɹɛdəti/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle French heredité, from Latin hērēditas (“condition of being an heir”), from hēres (“heir”).
noun heredities
- Hereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants. laws of heredity
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noun hereditary transmission
| Español | herencia, heredad |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 遺伝 iden |
| 中文 | 遺傳 /遗传 yíchuán |
| Français | hérédité |
| Italiano | eredità |
| Ελληνικά | κληρονομικότητα klironomikótita |
| Română | ereditate |
| Русский | насле́дственность naslédstvennostʹ |
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