Found 2 items, similar to Heredity.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: heredity
heredity
n 1: the biological process whereby genetic factors are
transmitted from one generation to the next
2: the total of inherited attributes [syn:
genetic endowment]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Heredity
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.
[1913 Webster]