inheritance

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

in·her·i·tance (ĭn-hĕrʹĭ-təns)n.
1.
a. The act of inheriting.
b. Something inherited or to be inherited.
2. Something regarded as a heritage:
the cultural inheritance of Rome.
See Synonyms at heritage.
3. Biology.
a. The process of genetic transmission of characteristics from parents to offspring.
b. A characteristic so inherited.
c. The sum of characteristics genetically transmitted from parents to offspring.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  heritage, hereditary pattern