HEREDITY Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

heredity

noun

Definition of heredity

as in blood

formal the natural process by which physical and mental qualities are passed from a parent to a child Heredity plays no part in the disease.

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Recent Examples of heredity These two features have led to the suggestion that early life was protein-free, with RNA handling both heredity and catalyzing a simple metabolism. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 13 Feb. 2026 His second album, Baby—a meditation on heredity, shredded and reconstituted in a $10 DJ program—was released to rapturous acclaim in August. — Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 8 Dec. 2025 To truly understand genes and heredity, researchers had to learn to read the DNA code. — Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 7 Nov. 2025 In short, heredity advancement driven by desire. — D. Scott Schmid, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for heredity

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Noun

Can a common cholesterol drug reduce forever chemicals in human blood?

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Continuous glucose monitors are placed on the skin and measure glucose levels in the fluid between cells, a level similar to that in the blood, greatly reducing the need for finger-stick testing.

— Crystal Gwizdala, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of blood

Noun

Those women provided a genealogy of aspirations and ideas from which Kingsolver fashioned herself and her sense of the world.

— Casey Cep, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Santiago, Clark said, is the first person to be convicted by a jury in New York State because of the use of investigative genetic genealogy.

— Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of genealogy

Noun

Warren Jeffs and legal trouble Rulon Jeffs died in 2002, and FLDS leadership succession passed to his son, Warren Jeffs, under whom the movement took a more severe turn.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026
At a meaningful share of companies, the CEO and the CFO sit inside that same window at the same time, which means an organization’s two anchor seats can come open in close succession, or in the same year.

— Shawn Cole, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of succession

Noun

She's talked publicly about how the New Zealand coastal aesthetic and the California one felt like natural relatives.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026
Tents have been set up at the Nepal Police Hospital in Kathmandu, where relatives can provide DNA samples to help identify the dead.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of relatives

Noun

Charland said people can trace their ancestry to the Hales as well as people with an interest in the Hale family genealogy are invited to revisit the family homestead.

— Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
Today, 55% of the city's residents have Middle Eastern ancestry, and the mayor, police chief, and schools superintendent are all Muslims of Arab descent.

— Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 12 Sep. 2026

Definition of ancestry

Noun

Worst off were those displaced from the parish of their birth, driven out by conflict or condemnation.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
However, because the Food and Drug Administration has warned about a potential for birth abnormalities, it is not recommended for women who are pregnant or who want to get pregnant.

— Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2026

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