as in hereditary
genetically passed or capable of being passed from parent to offspring
hair color is inherited
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People with celiac disease, a hereditary autoimmune disorder, have to eat a gluten-free diet.—
Katie Akin,
Southern Living,
18 Apr. 2025 -
Huntington’s disease is a hereditary disorder that causes a progressive decline in thinking, memory, and the control of movements.—
Heidi Moawad,
Verywell Health,
27 Mar. 2025
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These mutations were found to make up 15% of the early genetic alterations that increase colorectal cancer risk.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Every genetic component must be meticulously selected and optimized for function.—
Kristofer Mussar,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Photograph: Courtesy of Sean Hartnoll For decades, physicists and mathematicians have wanted to show that these chaotic dynamics are not an artifact of the simplifying assumption of decoupling, but inherent to black holes.—
Lyndie Chiou,
Wired News,
20 Apr. 2025
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Watch less often and watch more than one network, taking inherent and obvious biases into account.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Quoting the late American historian Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi, Horn said Jewish culture makes a distinction between history and memory, and Jews are more interested in memory: investing a historical event with eternal, inheritable meaning.—
Andrew Silow-Carroll,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Apr. 2025
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Our vision is that the future of design will have a long lasting inheritable quality.—
Sydney Gore,
Architectural Digest,
6 Feb. 2025
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