inhereditary

English

Adjective

inhereditary (not comparable)

1. Hereditary.
   • 1917, Margaret Sanger, The Case for Birth Control, page 227:

     Epilepsy may practically be regarded as an inhereditary affection, and children of one subject to this disorder are almost sure to be epileptic.

   • 1972, Trend. Calcutta, volume 2, page 273:

     This effect fails to change the material content of the organism and is therefore not inhereditary.

Related terms

• inherit