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1. (n.) heredity
the passing on of characters or traits from parents to offspring as a result of the transmission of genes.
2. heredity
the genetic characters so transmitted.
3. heredity
the characteristics of an individual that are considered to have been passed on by the parents or ancestors.
Etymology: (1530–40; < MF heredite < L hērēditās inheritance =hērēd-, s. of hērēsheir+-itās -ity)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) heredity
the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next
2. (noun) heredity, genetic endowment
the total of inherited attributes
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1. (noun) heredity
hereditary transmission of the physical and psychical qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants. See Pangenesis
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. heredity
The transmission of traits encoded in GENES from parent to offspring.
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Sense: the passing on of qualities (eg appearance, intelligence) from parents to children.
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 Afrikaans: oorerwing, erflikheid |
 Arabic: وراثَه، إنتقال الصفات من |
 Bulgarian: наследственост |
 Brazilian: hereditariedade |
 Czech: dědičnost |
 German: die Vererbung |
 Danish: arv; arvelighed |
 Greek: κληρονομικότητα |
 Spanish: herencia |
 Estonian: pärilikkus |
 Farsi: انتقال موروثی |
 Finnish: perinnöllisyys |
 French: hérédité |
 Hebrew: תוֹרָשָה |
 Hindi: आनुवंशिकता |
 Croatian: nasljede, nasljednost |
 Hungarian: (át)öröklés |
 Indonesian: keturunan |
 Icelandic: ættgengi, erfð |
 Italian: eredità |
 Japanese: 遺伝 |
 Korean: 유전 형질 |
 Lithuanian: paveldimumas |
 Latvian: iedzimtība |
 Malay: keturunan |
 Dutch: erfelijkheid |
 Norwegian: arvelighet |
 Polish: dziedziczność |
 Persian: انتقال موروثی |
 Pashto: ميراث ، وراثت |
 Portuguese: hereditariedade |
 Romanian: ereditate |
 Russian: наследственность |
 Slovak: dedičnosť |
 Slovenian: dednost |
 Serbian: nasleđe |
 Swedish: ärftlighet |
 Thai: การถ่ายทอดทางพันธุกรรม |
 Turkish: kalıtım, soya çekim, irsi |
 Taiwanese: 遺傳 |
 Ukrainian: спадковість |
 Urdu: ذہنی یا جسمانی خصوصیات کا |
 Vietnamese: tính di truyền |
 Chinese: 遗传 |
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