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hereditary
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hereditary in WordNet English dictionary
adjective
inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
"ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition"
ancestral
hereditary
patrimonial
transmissible
occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
"an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features"
familial
genetic
hereditary
inherited
transmitted
transmissible
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