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hereditation

hereditation noun: the effect or influence of heredity.

Noun

hereditation (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The effect or influence of heredity.
    • Probably syphilis more than any other disease may be regarded as a cause, and it may be through this agency that hereditation appears to enter so largely into causation.1904, James Tyson, A Treatise on Bright's disease and diabetes, page 362

Questions about hereditation

What does hereditation mean?
Hereditation means the effect or influence of heredity.
What part of speech is hereditation?
Hereditation is a noun.

Words near hereditation in the dictionary

  1. hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
  2. hereditary mechanics
  3. hereditary peer
  4. hereditary peers
  5. hereditas
  6. hereditation
  7. hereditative
  8. heredities
  9. hereditism
  10. hereditist
  11. hereditists

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