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Meanings of hereditary in English

Occurring among members of a family usually by heredity.

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      In families with a hereditary form, there is a clear genotype-phenotype correlation.
      Pubmed
      2
      The office of midwife was hereditary in the family of the basket-maker.
      Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
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      I think a large part is diet but, unfortunately, it's also hereditary.
      Ebony
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      Purpose: High myopia is a severe hereditary ocular disease leading to blindness.
      Pubmed
      5
      For the McCain family the Grand National has become an hereditary prize.
      The Guardian
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      We report a family with hereditary, bilateral, sensorineural deafness spanning four generations.
      Pubmed
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      The mule illustrates in a striking manner the hereditary tendency of longevity.
      The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mothe...
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      When they got to Ireland, they were not using true hereditary surnames.
      The Irish Times
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      We present a family with typical clinical features of benign hereditary chorea.
      Pubmed
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      Retinitis pigmentosa is a common hereditary retinal disease that leads to blindness.
      Pubmed
      11
      In former times they were not hereditary, but the recompense of valor.
      The Iliad of Homer / Translated into English Blank Verse by Will...
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      These transcription units represent candidate genes for multiple hereditary diseases, including HPC1.
      Pubmed
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      He also pioneered research into the inheritance of hereditary haemochromatosis in Ireland.
      The Irish Times
      14
      Thailand:Thailand's 2006 military coup pitted plutocracy and hereditary monarchy against each other.
      The Irish Times
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      Interest in mechanics seems to have been almost hereditary in Ravel's family.
      Radio NZ
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      If I stay down here too long I'll begin the change-it'shereditary!
      The Jennifer Morgue
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      United States of America
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