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inheritable

/ɪnˈhɛrədəbəl/
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Definitions of inheritable
  1. adjective
    capable of being inherited
    inheritable traits such as eye color”
    “an inheritable title”
    synonyms: heritable
    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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    antonyms:
    noninheritable
    not inheritable
    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
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