hereditary

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Henry Slootmaker said he is on medical leave after a hospital stay for what he described as a hereditary nervous disorder.

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  1. adjective Law Descending from an ancestor to a legal heir; passing down by inheritance.
  2. adjective Law Having title or possession through inheritance.
  3. adjective Transmitted or capable of being transmitted genetically from parent to offspring: a hereditary disease.
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  • If the cancer in a family is hereditary, the most likely place to find the mutation is in someone who has already had cancer.
  • Henry Slootmaker said he is on medical leave after a hospital stay for what he described as a hereditary nervous disorder. —  Latest News
  • And because my depression is hereditary, my therapist's recommendation that I continue taking them-indefinitely, if necessary-seemed like wise counsel.
  • One highly important corollary idea is that if human morality is a consequence of Darwinian evolution, then the transmission from one generation to the next is certainly hereditary -- a natural selection of genes. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • This means that if your hair loss condition is hereditary, then you are genetically predisposed to go bald. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
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  1. Middle English, from Latin hērēditārius, from hērēditās, inheritance; see heredity.

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  1. = French héréditaire = Provencal hereditari = Spanish Portuguese hereditario = Italian ereditario, from Latin hereditarius, of or relating to an inheritance, inherited, from heredita(t-)s, heirship, inheritance: see heredity.
 

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