as in genetic
genetically passed or capable of being passed from parent to offspring eye color is an inheritable trait

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Recent Examples of inheritable Our vision is that the future of design will have a long lasting inheritable quality. Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2025 In Germany, courts ruled that Facebook had to give a deceased person’s family access to their account, saying that digital accounts should be treated as inheritable property, like a bank account or house. Patrick Van Esch, The Conversation, 8 Jan. 2025 There is a form of inheritable rickets that can be passed down through families. Vitamin D deficiency is a common cause of rickets. Patty Weasler, Rn, Bsn, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2024 Summary Rickets is a health condition that develops in children who do not get enough vitamin D or may have developed as an inheritable condition. Patty Weasler, Rn, Bsn, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for inheritable
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  • New biotechnologies possible These previously unknown and newly described species carry genetic traits associated with resilience to extreme environments such as those found in space.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 20 May 2025
  • Investigators then turned to investigative genetic genealogy for answers.
    Jordan Kinsey, CBS News, 17 May 2025
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  • The medical examiner ruled her death the result of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, or hardened arteries, possibly due to a hereditary disorder.
    Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Most dermatologists believed that 90% of hair loss was hereditary and that the hormone testosterone was the cause once it was converted to its active form DHT.
    Caroline Tell, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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  • But Next Time? The fast-moving conflict between India and Pakistan last week demonstrated the inherent dangers of the modern nuclear age. 7h agoBy W.J. Hennigan TODAYS FRONT PAGES Edition: INYT - Page Two Harvard Law Paid $27 for a Copy of Magna Carta.
    Ben Hubbard Saumya Khandelwal Matthew DeFeo W.J. Hennigan, New York Times, 15 May 2025
  • This description captures both the ambition and the inherent tension in this evolution.
    Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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  • Behavioral traits have a heritable component and are more readily observable than skeletal structure when assessing a dog's suitability for specific work.
    Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025
  • In fact, researchers say, autism is between 60 and 90 percent heritable.
    Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2025

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“Inheritable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inheritable. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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