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Inherited vs Heredity - What's the difference?

inherited | heredity |

As a verb inherited

is (inherit).

As an adjective inherited

is obtained via an inheritance.

As a noun heredity is

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.

inherited

English

Verb

(head)
  • (inherit)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Obtained via an inheritance
  • Diseases and disorders which are hereditary.

    • heredity

    English

    Noun

    (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.

    • Related terms

    * hereditary

    See also

    * pangenesis

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