heredity Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next
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noun the total of inherited attributes
genetic endowment.
WordNet
He*red"i*ty noun
Etymology
L.Definitions
(Biol.) 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 .
