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he·red·i·ty (hə-rĕd'ĭ-tē)
n., pl., -ties.
  1. The genetic transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring.
  2. The sum of characteristics and associated potentialities transmitted genetically to an individual organism.

[French hérédité, from Old French heredite, inheritance, from Latin hērēditās, from hērēs, hērēd-, heir.]


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