/
hɪˈrɛdɪt(ə)ri/
adj.
- conferred by, based on, or relating to inheritance.
▸(of a characteristic or disease) able to be passed on from parents to their offspring or descendants.
- Mathematics (of a set) defined such that every element which has a given relation to a member of the set is also a member of the set.
Derivative
- hereditarily adv.
- hereditariness n.
Etymology
ME: from L. hereditarius, from hereditas (see heredity).