heritable
Collocations
4ADJ.
all, original
VERB + HERITABLE
believe, consider, doesn't
HERITABLE + NOUN
crown, lesion, property, sin, throne, variations
PREP.
in
Definitions
adj
That can legally be inherited.
An heritable crown, or an heritable throne, or by what other fanciful name such things may be called, have no other significant explanation than that mankind are heritable property.
Genetically transmissible from parent to offspring; hereditary.
But if we consider that all heritable variations must have their roots in the germ-plasm, and further, that when personal selection does not intervene, ...
Whether they are involved in carcinogenesis by induction of a heritable lesion would depend, I believe, on their ability either to mispair or to misrepair.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — capable of being inherited
Antonyms
- noninheritable
- nonheritable
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
5An heritable crown, or an heritable throne, or by what other fanciful name such things may be called, have no other significant explanation than that mankind are heritable property.
WiktionaryBut if we consider that all heritable variations must have their roots in the germ-plasm, and further, that when personal selection does not intervene, ...
WiktionaryWhether they are involved in carcinogenesis by induction of a heritable lesion would depend, I believe, on their ability either to mispair or to misrepair.
WiktionaryKnowledge is not heritable.
Tatoeba · #11294123Judaism doesn't believe in heritable original sin.
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