• Heredity

    Origin

    From Middle French hérédité, from Latin hērēditas ("condition of being an heir"), from hēres ("heir").

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    Noun

    heredity

    (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.

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