heritable

ˈhɛrɪtəbəl

Definition

Definition of heritable - Reverso English Dictionary

Adjective

genetic traits

TECH.

genetically passed from parents to children

TECH.

Eye color is a heritable trait.

genetic

inheritable

inheritance

Rare

capable of being inherited

Rare

The heritable property was passed down through generations..

inheritable

transmissible

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Origin of heritable

Latin, hereditare (inherit)

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epigenetic

adj.

gene regulation

involving heritable changes in gene activity not from DNA sequence

epigenetics

inheritance

study of heritable changes in gene expression

epimutation

biology

heritable change in gene expression without DNA sequence change

quantitative trait

biology

heritable characteristic that shows continuous measurable variation within a population

Examples of heritable in a sentence

Heritable characteristics can influence an individual's health.
The genetic disorder is heritable and can affect future generations.
Heritable traits like eye color are passed from parents to children.

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French:héréditaire, ...
German:erblich, ...
Italian:ereditario, ereditabile, ...
Spanish:heredable, transmisible, ...
Portuguese:hereditária, hereditário, ...
Chinese:可遗传的, 可继承的, ...
Japanese:遺伝性, 相続可能な, ...
Arabic:وِراثِيّ, قابِل لِلوِرَاثَة, ...
Hebrew:תּוֹרַשְׁתִּי, נִתָּן לְיְרוּשָׁה, ...
Russian:наследуемый, передаваемый по наследству, ...
Ukrainian:успадкований, успадковуваний, ...
Hindi:आनुवंशिक, विरासत में मिलने योग्य, ...
Bengali:জেনেটিক, ...
Catalan:heretable, ...
Czech:dědičný, zděditelný, ...
Danish:arvelig, nedarvet, ...
Dutch:erfelijk, ...
Greek:κληρονομικός, κληροδοτούμενος, ...
Hungarian:örökletes, örökölhető, ...
Khmer:តំណពូជ, អាចស្នងមរតកបាន, ...
Korean:유전적인, 상속 가능한, ...
Persian:ارثی, قابل ارث, ...
Polish:dziedziczny, ...
Portuguese (BR):herdável, ...
Romanian:ereditar, moștenibil, ...
Swedish:ärftlig, arvbar, ...
Thai:ถ่ายทอดทางพันธุกรรม, ที่สืบทอดได้, ...
Turkish:kalıtsal, miras alınabilir, ...
Vietnamese:di truyền, có thể thừa kế, ...

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