Of, relating to, or denoting factors that can be transmitted genetically from one generation to another.
Passed as from parents to children through the genes.
To transmission from parents to offspring; inherited (e.g., hereditary disorder, a disorder that is passed from parents to offspring).
Having to do with the transmission or characteristics, through the cellular structure of the individual, from parent to offspring.
To a genetic characteristic transmitted from parent to offspring.
Transmitted from parent to child by information contained in the genes.
In the realm of biology and medicine, the term “inheritance” denotes the transmission of traits or genetic characteristics from parents to their offspring.