Heritable

/ˈhɛɹɪtəbəl/

Synonyms for "heritable" (45 found)

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Closest matches (9)

Adjective(5 words)
biologicalbiological determinantfamilial predispositiongene-relatedgenetic

Strong matches (14)

Adjective(7 words)
genetic conceptgenetic fitnessgenetic propertygenetic unitsgenichereditaryhereditary disease
Noun(4 words)
genetic factorgenetic relationgenetic traitheritable unit
Adjective(1 words)

Related words (22)

Noun(9 words)
inherited traitinheritingmodel organism geneticmost geneticmost hereditarymost heritableparent letter templateportuguese hereditáriostrong genetic predisposition
Determiner(1 words)
most organismal traits

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

2 entries
biological attributegenetic trait

More specific

3 entries
dominant traitrecessive traitx linked trait

Collocations

5 entries
heritable characteristicheritable conditionheritable diseaseheritable traitheritable variation

Inflections

4 entries
least heritableless heritablemore heritablemost heritable

Derivations

2 entries

similar

12 entries

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Knowledge is not heritable.

Source: tatoeba (11294123)

Scientists long have understood the environmental risk factors that contribute to stroke, such as smoking and high-fat diets, but they have struggled to find the genes that underlie the heritable component of the disease — until now.

Source: tatoeba (11301809)

Judaism doesn't believe in heritable original sin.

Source: tatoeba (12733292)

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.

Source: wiktionary

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