Definitions
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- adjective genetics Not
inherited ; not passed from parent to offspring. - adjective computing, programming Not derived from a
superclass throughinheritance .
Etymologies
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Examples
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They also appear to account for as many as 30 percent of sporadic (noninherited) cases of colon cancer.
Archive 2004-11-01 2004
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What makes this housekeeping protein spontaneously misfold and accumulate in cases of noninherited A.L.S.?
NYT > Home Page By AMANDA SCHAFFER 2011
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The significance of the new report is that he and his team described a cellular problem that appears in both inherited and noninherited forms of the disease.
NYT > Home Page By AMANDA SCHAFFER 2011
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At least one other protein is known to go awry in all noninherited and virtually all inherited forms of A.L.S., noted Dr. Raymond Roos, a neurologist at the University of Chicago.
NYT > Home Page By AMANDA SCHAFFER 2011
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At least one other protein is known to go awry in all noninherited and virtually all inherited forms of A.L.S., noted Dr. Raymond Roos, a neurologist at the University of Chicago.
NYT > Home Page By AMANDA SCHAFFER 2011
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What makes this housekeeping protein spontaneously misfold and accumulate in cases of noninherited A.L.S.?
NYT > Home Page By AMANDA SCHAFFER 2011
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The significance of the new report is that he and his team described a cellular problem that appears in both inherited and noninherited forms of the disease.
NYT > Home Page By AMANDA SCHAFFER 2011
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Breast cancer risk is significantly influenced by our genes, but over 70\% of the women that are diagnosed have noninherited cancer.
Enviroblog Ph.D. Olga Naidenko 2008
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