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inhereditary

inhereditary adjective: hereditary.

Adjective

inhereditary (not comparable)

  1. Hereditary.
    • Epilepsy may practically be regarded as an inhereditary affection, and children of one subject to this disorder are almost sure to be epileptic.1917, Margaret Sanger, The Case for Birth Control, page 227
    • This effect fails to change the material content of the organism and is therefore not inhereditary.1972, Trend. Calcutta, volume 2, page 273

Questions about inhereditary

What does inhereditary mean?
Inhereditary means hereditary.
What part of speech is inhereditary?
Inhereditary is an adjective.

Words near inhereditary in the dictionary

  1. inhearts
  2. inheld
  3. inherced
  4. inhere
  5. inhered
  6. inhereditary
  7. inherence
  8. inherences
  9. inherencies
  10. inherency
  11. inherent

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