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Heredity

Noun CEFR B2
hɪˈɹɛdɪti

Definitions

Hereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Españolheredadherencia
Françaishérédité
Italianoeredità
18 more languages

Examples

“laws of heredity”
“genetics and heredity”
“influence⟳ of heredity”
“Eye color is often determined by heredity.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

heredity, inheritance heredoalcoholism heredoc heredofamiliality heredolues heredopathia atactica polyneuritiformis

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