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Dictionary: her·i·ta·ble   (hĕr'ĭ-tə-bəl) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Capable of being passed from one generation to the next; hereditary.
  2. Capable of inheriting or taking by inheritance.

[Middle English, from Old French, from heriter, to inherit, from Late Latin hērēditāre. See inherit.]

heritability her'i·ta·bil'i·ty n.
heritably her'i·ta·bly adv.

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Medical Dictionary: her·i·ta·ble
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(hĕr'ĭ-tə-bəl)
adj.
  1. Capable of being passed from one generation to the next; hereditary.
  2. Capable of inheriting or taking by inheritance.
Veterinary Dictionary: heritability
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1. the proportion of total variation in the population that can be attributed to variation in genetic factors.
2. the degree to which inheritance plays a part in the etiology of a disease.

  • broad-sense h. — the degree to which a trait is genetically determined, expressed as the ratio of the total genetic variance to the phenotypic variance (VG/VP).
  • narrow sense h. — the degree to which a trait is passed from parent to offspring expressed as the ratio of the additive genetic variance to the total phenotypic variance (VA/VP).
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: that can be inherited
  Synonym: inheritable


 
 

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