adjective
- Of or from one's ancestors: ancestral, hereditary, patrimonial. See kin, precede/follow.
- Possessed at birth: congenital, hereditary, inborn, innate, native. See be, native/foreign.
inherited
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The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
tending to occur among members of a family usually by heredity
Synonyms: familial, genetic, hereditary, transmitted, transmissible
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