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English Dictionary: heredity by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heredity
n
  1. the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next
  2. the total of inherited attributes
    Synonym(s): heredity, genetic endowment
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heredity \He*red"i*ty\, n. [L. hereditas heirship.] (Biol.)
      Hereditary transmission of the physical and psychical
      qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law
      by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics
      in their descendants. See {Pangenesis}.
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