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Heredity
He-red′i-ty
,Noun.
[L.
hereditas
heirship.] (Biol.)
Hereditary transmission of the physical and psychical qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants. See
Pangenesis
. Definition 2024
heredity
heredity
English
Noun
heredity (plural heredities)
- 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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hereditary transmission