hereditary

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

he·red·i·tar·y (hə-rĕdʹĭ-tĕr'ē)adj.
1. Law.
a. Descending from an ancestor to a legal heir; passing down by inheritance.
b. Having title or possession through inheritance.
2. Transmitted or capable of being transmitted genetically from parent to offspring:
a hereditary disease.
3.
a. Appearing in or characteristic of successive generations.
b. Derived from or fostered by one's ancestors:
a hereditary prejudice.
4. Ancestral; traditional:
their hereditary home.
See Synonyms at innate.
5. Of or relating to heredity or inheritance. [Middle English, from Latin hērēditārius, from hērēditās, inheritance. See heredity.] he·red'i·tarʹi·ly (-târʹə-lē) adv.he·redʹi·tar'i·ness n.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  ancestral, patrimonial, transmissible, familial, genetic, inherited, transmitted