noninheritable

Synonyms:

nonheritable

acquired

gotten through environmental forces

congenital, inborn, innate

present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development

nonhereditary, nontransmissible

not acquirable by inheritance

nurtural

resulting from nurture

Antonyms:

heritable, inheritable

capable of being inherited

ancestral, hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible

inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent

familial, genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmissible, transmitted

occurring among members of a family usually by heredity

monogenic

of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by a single pair of genes

polygenic

of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes

inheriting

having the legal right to inherit

nee

(meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman

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