heredity
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Etymology edit
From Middle French heredité, from Latin hērēditas (“condition of being an heir”), from hēres (“heir”).
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heredity (usually uncountable, plural heredities)
- Hereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants.
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hereditary transmission
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