adj
heritable
Heritable (adj) means (law) Able to be passed on to someone else after a person's death.
adj
1
(law) Able to be passed on to someone else after a person's death.
2
Able to be passed down genetically from parents to their children.
"The colour of a person’s hair is one of the most heritable features of their appearance, with studies on twins suggesting that genetics explains up to 97% of hair colour."
— Ian Sample, The Guardian (2018)
"Whether they are involved in carcinogenesis by induction of a heritable lesion would depend, I believe, on their ability either to mispair or to misrepair."
— Yutaka Kawazoe, Molecular Mechanism of Chemical Modification of Cellular Nucleic Acid Bases by 4-Hydroxyaminoquinoline 1-oxide (1982)
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Etymology
Inherited from Middle English heritable, from Anglo-Norman heritable; equivalent to herit + -able.
Synonyms
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Rhymes for heritable
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What is the meaning of heritable?
"heritable" (adj) means (law) Able to be passed on to someone else after a person's death.
What is another word for heritable?
Other words for "heritable" include inheritable.
What are the different meanings of heritable?
"heritable" has 2 main meanings: 1. (law) Able to be passed on to someone else after a person's death; 2. Able to be passed down genetically from parents to their children.
