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Meanings of hereditary in English

Occurring among members of a family usually by heredity.

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Usage of hereditary in English
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In families with a hereditary form, there is a clear genotype-phenotype correlation.
Pubmed
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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
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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
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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
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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 Kingdom
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United States of America
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