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heritable

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈhɛɹɪtəbəl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted abeehilrtStarts with HEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. capable of being inherited

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English heritable, from Anglo-Norman heritable; equivalent to herit + -able.

Used in a sentence

  • An heritable crown, or an heritable throne, or by what other fanciful name such things may be called, have no other significant explanation than that mankind are heritable property.
  • But if we consider that all heritable variations must have their roots in the germ-plasm, and further, that when personal selection does not intervene, ...
  • Whether they are involved in carcinogenesis by induction of a heritable lesion would depend, I believe, on their ability either to mispair or to misrepair.

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