nonheritable

Definitions of nonheritable
  1. adjective
    not inheritable
    synonyms: noninheritable
    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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