heredity

From Middle French heredité, from Latin hērēditas (“condition of being an heir”), from hēres (“heir”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /hɪˈɹɛdɪti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /həˈɹɛɾəɾi/

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heredity (usually uncountable, plural heredities)

1. 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.

• hereditary

• pangenesis

• third eye