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hereditary

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hereditary in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. 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 
  2. 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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